Normal Gallbladder Ejection Fraction Occurring Unexpectedly Obviates Need for Sincalide Stimulation

Samir Hadi; Mark Tulchinsky

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001595

Normal Gallbladder Ejection Fraction Occurring Unexpectedly Obviates Need for Sincalide Stimulation

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A 25-year-old man was referred for chronic right upper quadrant abdominal pain for hepatobiliary scintigraphy to evaluate the gallbladder (GB) function. An unexpected GB contraction with ejection fraction (EF) of 90% was observed during the first hour of baseline imaging. Subsequent stimulation with sincalide produced GB EF of 99%. A similar case previously reported also showed normal unexpected GB EF that predicted similar post-sincalide GB EF. These examples support what should be evident: A normal unexpected GB EF is a sufficient evidence for a normal GB function and should obviate need for sincalide stimulation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	394-396
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	42
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000001595
State	Published - May 1 2017

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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