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Ultrasound and radionuclide biliary scanning in acute pediatric abdominal pain
Author(s) -
McGahan John P.,
Phillips Harold E.,
Stadalnik Robert C.,
Cox Kenneth L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870110503
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystitis , abdominal pain , etiology , ultrasound , acute hepatitis , acute cholecystitis , hepatitis , radiology , gallbladder , gastroenterology
Seven pediatric patients (ages 2–14) who presented with acute abdominal symptomatology and an abnormal cholecystosonogram are reviewed. Etiologies of the abnormal sonograms included: hepatitis (3 of 7), acalculous cholecystitis (1 of 7), calculous cholecystitis (1 of 7), cholangitis with associated cholecystitis (1 of 7), and chronic active hepatitis with low serum albumin (1 of 7). The combined use of the sonogram and the radionuclide biliary scan is helpful in predicting and distinguishing between cases of cholecystitis and uncomplicated hepatitis.