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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 388-389 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acute cholecystitis
- Gallbladder gangrene
- Hepatobiliary scan
- Rim sign
- Scintigraphy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology