Unique scintigraphic findings of bile extravasation in the presence of ascites: a complication of hepatic transplantation. |
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Authors: | E D Sandler M T Parisi A T Shields R S Hattner |
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Institution: | Department of Radiology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. |
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Abstract: | A 99mTc-HIDA scan was performed on a 4-mo-old female, six days after hepatic transplantation. Gradually, a diffuse increase in activity was seen over the peritoneal region, consistent with a slow bile leak into ascitic fluid. Although the scintigraphic appearance of a bile leak has been previously described, it is usually seen as a focal area of extrabiliary activity. In this case, we report a pattern identified when the leak occurs in conjunction with ascites. |
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