title: A quadriplegic patient's cholescintigraphic findings: delayed gallbladder visualization and common bile duct dilation.
abstract: A Tc-99m DISIDA cholescintigraphic study of a 37-year-old patient with a 20-year history of quadriplegia demonstrated dilation of the common bile duct and delayed gallbladder visualization. A concurrent sonographic study showed an enlarged gallbladder with stones and dilation of the common bile duct. These findings were proved by autopsy. Quadriplegia secondary to a high level of spinal cord injury may result in gallbladder dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr, Lexington, KY 40511-1093, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magoun
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography