title: Communication of intrahepatic cavities with bile ducts: demonstration with Tc-99m-diethyl-IDA imaging.
abstract: Tc-99m-diethyl-IDA imaging demonstrated intrahepatic bile leaks in two patients. The first patient had an intrahepatic abscess associated with a common bile duct stone; he was successfully treated with common duct lithotomy and antibiotics, but without surgical drainage of the intrahepatic abscess. The second patient had bile leakage into an intrahepatic cavitary hematoma after abdominal trauma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D019784:Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D019784:Technetium Tc 99m Diethyl-iminodiacetic Acid; D013667:Technetium