Preoperative scintigraphic evaluation of the liver and biliary tract in Caroli's disease.
Caroli's disease (congenital dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts) is a rare condition which is usually diagnosed postoperatively. Scintigraphic evaluation of this entity is very limited. We report here a patient with Caroli's disease in whom a dichotomy in hepatic uptake of 99mTc-HIDA (hot spots) and 99mTc-colloid (cold spots) was observed, leading to a correct preoperative evaluation of the disease.
D000328:Adult; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
D007098:Imino Acids; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium