Oral cholecystography: is the fatty meal always necessary?
Hoeffel, J.C.; Burger, G.; Senot, P.; Claudon, M.
Der Radiologe 20(1): 24-27
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-832X PMID: 7360935 Document Number: 158047
In our study we have collected 1000 consecutive cases of oral cholecystographic opacification of the gall-bladder and common bile duct; occasionally a complimentary intra-venous cholangiography had also been carried out. In 360 cases there was disease of the gall-bladder or a faint opacification of the common bile duct was abnormal in only three cases, which is a rate of 0,47%. Therefore the fatty meal after oral cholecystography should not be done in each case but only if there is a presumptive diagnosis of pancreatic disease, if there is pancreatic calcification, or if surgery has been previously performed on the biliary tract or duodenum.