Biliary pleural fistula detected by hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-283

  Yong, May L ^a   Joyce, Judith M ^a   Weinberg, Lee M ^a   Christie, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary pleural fistula; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY PLEURAL FISTULA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FISTULA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY FISTULA; BILIARY TRACT; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LIVER; PLEURAL DISEASES;

EID: 15444365576     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000156382.91061.2f     Document Type: Article

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