Different patterns for bile leakage following cholecystectomy demonstrated by hepatobiliary imaging

Tc-99m labeled iminodiacetic acid (Tc-99m IDA) studies were performed in three patients with bile leaks. The radiotracer distribution was different in all three. A diffuse peritoneal pattern was seen in one patient. Localized radioactivity was seen in two; in one in the gallbladder bed and in the other in the perihepatic region.