Open AccessRight upper quadrant pain with normal hepatobiliary ultrasound: Can hepatobiliary scintigraphy define the cause?
Author(s) -
Saleh Othman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.98429
Subject(s) - medicine , cholescintigraphy , scintigraphy , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , sphincter of oddi dysfunction , gallbladder , abdominal ultrasound , radiology , ultrasound , sphincter of oddi
The objective of this study was to assess the value of hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HS) for the diagnosis of right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain in patients with normal hepatobiliary ultrasound (HU). This is an observational study with a retrospective analysis of data from March 2008 to August 2010.