Gallbladder nonvisualization with pericholecystic rim sign: Morphine-augmentation optimizes diagnosis of acute cholecystitis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-269

  Oates, Elizabeth ^a,b   Selland, Donna Lee G ^a   Chin, Cynthia T ^a   Achong, Dwight M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Morphine sulfate; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029936813     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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