Perihepatic abscess detection on cholescintigraphy.
A case report of a 77-year-old woman with gallbladder perforation is presented. Perihepatic abscess formation was detected on radionuclide cholescintigraphy and abdominal ultrasonography. A perihepatic "halo" with nonvisualization of the gallbladder on radionuclide cholescintigraphy should suggest the diagnosis preoperatively.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous