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A quadriplegic patient's cholescintigraphic findings: delayed gallbladder visualization and common bile duct dilation
1Nuclear Medicine Service, Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr, Lexington, KY 40511-1093, USA.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A Tc-99m DISIDA cholescintigraphic study of a 37-year-old patient with a 20-year history of quadriplegia demonstrated dilation of the common bile duct and delayed gallbladder visualization. A concurrent sonographic study showed an enlarged gallbladder with stones and dilation of the common bile duct. These findings were proved by autopsy. Quadriplegia secondary to a high level of spinal cord injury may result in gallbladder dysfunction.