Cholescintigraphic Images in a Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Oriental Cholangitis

Oriental cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma are both common in South East Asia, but rarely occur in the same patient. Cholescintigraphy has a significant role in the evaluation of Oriental cholangitis and the presence of a large persistent photopenic defect (due to hepatocellular carcinoma) ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 1995-05, Vol.20 (5), p.453-454
Hauptverfasser:	STEWART, JAIN E.T, METREWELI, CON
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic - diagnostic imaging Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - complications Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnostic imaging Cholangitis - complications Cholangitis - diagnostic imaging Cholelithiasis - complications Cholelithiasis - diagnostic imaging Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Liver Neoplasms - complications Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Radionuclide Imaging Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:	Oriental cholangitis and hepatocellular carcinoma are both common in South East Asia, but rarely occur in the same patient. Cholescintigraphy has a significant role in the evaluation of Oriental cholangitis and the presence of a large persistent photopenic defect (due to hepatocellular carcinoma) may be misinterpreted as an abscess or dilated biliary ducts secondary to Oriental cholangitis.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-199505000-00017