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Cholethorax with biliopleural communication detected on [99mTc]mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy
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Affiliations- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Elena Venizelou General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Second Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Abstract
Bilious pleural effusion or cholethorax is a rare type of exudative pleural effusion. Here is presented a case of right-sided cholethorax, in which the direct communication between the pleural effusion with the biliary duct was visible only on the posteriori images of dynamic hepatobiliary scintigraphy with [99mTc]mebrofenin.
Abstract
Bilious pleural effusion or cholethorax is a rare type of exudative pleural effusion. Here is presented a case of right-sided cholethorax, in which the direct communication between the pleural effusion with the biliary duct was visible only on the posteriori images of dynamic hepatobiliary scintigraphy with [99mTc]mebrofenin.
Keywords
cholethorax; biliopleural communication; hepatobiliary scintigraphy
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Cholethorax with biliopleural communication detected on [99mTc]mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy
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Clinical vignette
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124-125
Published online
2021-07-30
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2021;24(2):124-125.
Keywords
cholethorax
biliopleural communication
hepatobiliary scintigraphy
Authors
Georgios Meristoudis
Ioannis Ilias
Evangelia Zaromytidou
Emmanouil Alevroudis
Athanasios Notopoulos
