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  • Title: Normal gallbladder scintigraphy in acute cholecystitis.
    Author: Ohrt HJ, Posalaky IP, Shafer RB.
    Journal: Clin Nucl Med; 1983 Mar; 8(3):97-100. PubMed ID: 6682731.
    Abstract:
    Normal gallbladder scintigraphy occurs in 2 to 5% of reported patients with acute cholecystitis. Gallbladder visualization is found in patients with acalculous cholecystitis and in those with recent relief of cystic duct obstruction but persistence of inflammation. A patient is reported who had clinical and pathologic findings of acute cholecystitis but normal gallbladder visualization. This reemphasizes that the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis cannot be excluded by normal gallbladder scintigraphy.
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