Cholecystitis and delayed emptying of the gallbladder.
A number of patients with symptoms of biliary colic have biliary tract disorders despite repeatedly normal oral cholecystograms. These patients will benefit from cholecystectomy. To better define such disorders, a test is needed that is noninvasive, relatively inexpensive and highly accurate. Delayed emptying of the gallbladder after a standard dosage oral cholecystogram using Telepaque is such a test. Twenty-eight patients with this finding underwent cholecystectomy. All gallbladder specimens exhibited both gross and pathologic changes. Twenty-six of the patients had relief of symptoms.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002765:Cholecystography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged