title: Transient nonvisualization of the gallbladder by Tc-99m HIDA cholescintigraphy in acute pancreatitis: concise communication.
abstract: In five of seven patients with acute pancreatitis, Tc-99m HIDA scintigraphy failed to visualize the gallbladder. In all five patients the gallbladder was later found to be normal and in three of them normal filling was obtained at a repeat examination performed after the attack had subsided. Transient nonvisualization of the gallbladder in acute pancreatitis is probably due to disturbed motility of the biliary tree.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000503:physiopathology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013667:Technetium