Rim sign: Radionuclide imaging in a patient with acute gangrenous cholecystitis and cholelithiasis after nonspecific abdominal ultrasonography

A. K. Hayashi; G. Soudry; P. E. Dibos

doi:10.1097/00003072-199706000-00009

Rim sign: Radionuclide imaging in a patient with acute gangrenous cholecystitis and cholelithiasis after nonspecific abdominal ultrasonography

A. K. Hayashi, G. Soudry, P. E. Dibos

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Abstract

A 62-year-old man had right upper quadrant abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, and leukocytosis. Tc-99m HIDA imaging showed nonvisualization of the gallbladder and increased pericholecystic hepatic uptake. The latter scintigraphic finding, known as a 'rim sign,' is often associated with acute gangrenous cholecystitis. Surgery in this patient showed acute cholecystitis with focal areas of gangrenous necrosis associated with a solitary calculus.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	388-389
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199706000-00009
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute cholecystitis
Gallbladder gangrene
Hepatobiliary scan
Rim sign
Scintigraphy

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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Rim sign: Radionuclide imaging in a patient with acute gangrenous cholecystitis and cholelithiasis after nonspecific abdominal ultrasonography

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