title: Imaging patterns with 99mTc-PIPIDA in evaluating abdominal pain.
abstract: A random retrospective review of hepatobiliary scans on 86 adult patients with abdominal pain revealed four distinct imaging patterns: normal, cystic duct obstruction, obstructive, and sick liver pattern. A normal pattern was found to exclude acute cholecystitis and was the pattern most frequently observed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011897:Random Allocation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C003693:technetium Tc 99m PIPIDA