title: Preoperative diagnosis of gallbladder perforation by cholescintigraphy.
abstract: Perforation of the gallbladder in patients with chronic cholecystitis is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. We describe a case in which early cholescintigraphy permitted preoperative diagnosis and, therefore, prompt laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, New York, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Maksumova
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gerst
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin