Low sensitivity of sonography and cholescintigraphy in acalculous cholecystitis
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Usefulness of fatty meal-stimulated cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic acalculous cholecystitis.
OBJECTIVE Fatty meal cholescintigraphy (fatty meal CS) is a potential physiologic alternative for cholecystokinin (CCK) CS in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC). However, there are limited data in the literature to support this assumption. Our objective was to determine the usefulness of fatty meal CS in the diagnosis and treatment of CAC. METHODS We retrosp...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.142.3.531