Open AccessCholethorax with biliopleural communication detected on [99mTc]mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy
Author(s) -
Georgios Meristoudis,
Ιoannis Ilias,
Evangelia Zaromytidou,
Emmanouil Alevroudis,
Αθανάσιος Νοτόπουλος
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nuclear medicine review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1644-4345
pISSN - 1506-9680
DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2021.0031
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , pleural effusion , effusion , radiology , surgery
Bilious pleural effusion or cholethorax is a rare type of exudative pleural effusion. Here is presented a case of right-sided cholethorax, in which the direct communication between the pleural effusion with the biliary duct was visible only on the posteriori images of dynamic hepatobiliary scintigraphy with [99mTc]mebrofenin.
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