Gallbladder carcinoma. Another cause of the distended photon-deficient gallbladder in cholescintigraphy.
A case report of an 82-year-old woman with carcinoma of the gallbladder is presented. Technetium-99m DISIDA cholescintigraphy demonstrated nonvisualization of the gallbladder, with a large photon-deficient region corresponding to the gallbladder fossa, with medial displacement of the common bile duct. Carcinoma of the gallbladder has not been previously described as a cause of this scintigraphic pattern.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
D007098:Imino Acids; D013667:Technetium; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin