title: Cholecystokinin cholecystography: is it a useful test?
abstract: We reviewed 57 patients, who during the last four years had cholecystokinin cholecystography during evaluation of abdominal pain, and found this test to be reliable for diagnosing chronic acalculous cholecystitis. Eighty-eight percent of the patients in whom abdominal pain was reproduced during cholecystokinin cholecystography and who had less than 50% contraction of the gallbladder were cured or improved after cholecystectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002765:Cholecystography; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002766:Cholecystokinin