PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 3 March 1983, pp. 402-405
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Bile Ascites During Infancy: Diagnosis Using Disofenin Tc 99m Sequential Scintiphotography

Samuel K. S. So MB, BS1, Julie A. Lindahl MD1, Harvey L. Sharp MD1, Anthony M. Cook MB, ChB1, and Arnold S. Leonard MD, PhD1

1 From the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis

Bile ascites or peritonitis in infancy is a rare condition that is usually caused by spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic tree. Recently, an infant with bile ascites from a spontaneously ruptured choledochal cyst was treated. The use of Disofenin Tc 99m sequential scintiscanning was found to be an effective, rapid, and noninvasive preoperative tool in the demonstration of a bile leak. Disofenin Tc 99m scintiscanning may be the best and most informative method currently available in the preoperative diagnosis of bile ascites.

Key Words: bile ascites • Disofenin Tc 99m • scintiphotography

Submitted on March 4, 1982
Accepted on June 1, 1982




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