TY - JOUR
T1 - The cystic duct sign during morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy.
AU - Achong, D. M.
AU - Oates, E.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Visualization of a "dilated cystic duct" during standard hepatobiliary imaging represents a potential source of false-negative cholescintigraphy. Intravenous morphine, commonly used to shorten study time and improve the specificity of hepatobiliary imaging, may, by virtue of its pharmacologic/physiologic actions, accentuate the appearance of a "dilated cystic duct." We present a case of transient cystic duct visualization following morphine administration in a patient with an obstructing cystic duct calculus.
AB - Visualization of a "dilated cystic duct" during standard hepatobiliary imaging represents a potential source of false-negative cholescintigraphy. Intravenous morphine, commonly used to shorten study time and improve the specificity of hepatobiliary imaging, may, by virtue of its pharmacologic/physiologic actions, accentuate the appearance of a "dilated cystic duct." We present a case of transient cystic duct visualization following morphine administration in a patient with an obstructing cystic duct calculus.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-199109000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00003072-199109000-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 1934822
AN - SCOPUS:0026229196
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 16
SP - 627
EP - 629
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 9
ER -