title: Spontaneous perforation of the gallbladder during infancy diagnosed on hepatobiliary imaging.
abstract: Spontaneous gallbladder perforation is a very rare condition in infants. Most gallbladder perforations occur in adults, frequently due to trauma. Ultrasound, peritoneal lavage, and retrograde cholangiography may give indirect evidence of the possibility of this condition. There is no definitive diagnostic modality that can definitely determine the diagnosis in such cases. A case of gallbladder perforation with localized biliary ascites detected on radionuclide hepatobiliary imaging is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawroop
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ravishanker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin