Spontaneous rupture of a choledochal cyst and the role of hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 392-393

  Sood, Ashwani ^a   Senthilnathan, M S ^b   Deswal, Satyawati ^b   Pradhan, Prasant Kumar ^b   Das, B K ^c   Kumar, Rakesh ^c  

^a Nuclear Medicine Centre   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Choledochal cyst; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Spontaneous rupture; Tc 99m mebrofenin

Indexed keywords

MEBROFENIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; CYST RUPTURE; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

BILE DUCTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLEDOCHAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LIVER; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RUPTURE;

EID: 2442651499     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000127101.55749.5e     Document Type: Article

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