Concurrent detection of cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess by hepatobiliary scintigraphy.
We report the case of a 58-year-old male with cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess that were not diagnosed by routine radiologic examinations, but concurrently detected by hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 99mTc-PMT, and confirmed at operation. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is noninvasive and useful in the detection of a biliary enteric fistula and lesions about related organs. Concurrent detection of cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess on hepatobiliary series is of great clinical value in planning surgical intervention.
Seto
H
H
Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Watanabe
N
N
Kageyama
M
M
Shimizu
M
M
Nagayoshi
T
T
Kamisaki
Y
Y
Kakishita
M
M
D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed