Significantly elongated sagging gallbladder can mimic intestine in hepatobiliary scintigraphy and cause false-positive interpretation for acute cholecystitis.
Yang
Hua
H
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Alavi
Abass
A
Zhuang
Hongming
H
D000368:Aged; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging