The Role of Nuclear Imaging in Traumatic Hepatopleural Fistula: a Case Report
Negron, J.C.; Martin, R.; Silva, F.; Ehlert, G.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 106(4): 35-37
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 26148398 Document Number: 702732
Penetrating injuries are a major cause of mortality and morbidity. The most common diagnostic tool used in this setting is CT scan. We present a case of a traumatic hepatopleural fistula demonstrated by hepatobiliary scintigraphy. Traumatic abdominal injuries to the liver and diaphragm can result in complications, whose detection by CT scan is not always straightforward. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is very useful in the search of bilious pleural effusions.
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