NORMAL CHOLESCINTIGRAM IN IN-111 WBC POSITIVE ACUTE ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS - THE CONVERSE PHOTOPENIC RIM SIGN

Authors
POUNDS TR HATTNER RS
Citation
Tr. Pounds et Rs. Hattner, NORMAL CHOLESCINTIGRAM IN IN-111 WBC POSITIVE ACUTE ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS - THE CONVERSE PHOTOPENIC RIM SIGN, Clinical nuclear medicine, 19(6), 1994, pp. 483-485
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
483 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1994)19:6<483:NCIIWP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The authors report a case of a patient with acute acalculous cholecyst itis whose cholescintigram was negative, but showed a pericholecystic photopenic halo. The diagnosis was confirmed by an In-111 WBC scan and histopathology.