Gallbladder Fossa Abscess Masquerading as Cholecystitis After Cholecystectomy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Paul Rodrigue¹  Asif Fakhri¹  Andrew Baumgartner¹ 

[1] University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buffalo, New York University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buffalo, New York University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Buffalo, New York

关键词: hepatic abscess;    liver abscess;    hepatobiliary abscess;    correlative imaging;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnmt.115.155606

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

We present a case of a 59-y-old woman who had undergone cholecystectomy and was subsequently found to have an abscess within the gallbladder fossa. A hepatobiliary scan using 99mTc-diisopropyliminodiacetic acid demonstrated the characteristic rim sign, a photopenic defect surrounded by a rim of mildly increased activity immediately adjacent to the gallbladder fossa. The rim sign was thought to be the result of reactive inflammation in the hepatic tissue adjacent to a postoperative abscess within the gallbladder fossa.

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