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A particular scan that caught my interest is the gallbladder scan, or commonly known as the Hepatobiliary Scan, (HIDA Scan). ... After several weeks in the hospital and several physician visits a nuclear medicine scan was performed to discover that my gallbladder was the source of my pain. The results of this scan indicated that my gallbladder was no longer functioning. ...
The HIDA scan identifies diseased gallbladders and bile drainage problems. ... One of the more significant uses for HIDA scan is the evaluation of patients suffering from upper abdominal pain. ...
Radiopharmiceutical agents that localize in the hepatobiliary system perform the scan. ... Some acronyms for the IDA family agents include, HIDA (Hydroxy Iminodiacetic Acid), BIDA, PIPIDA, DISIDA, and TMBIDA. ... HIDA is one of the most recent radiopharmaceuticals and has a 15% renal excretion. ...
The procedure to this scan is not too difficult. ... In normal HIDA results the gallbladder will fill within 15 minutes and this uptake should precede the bowl visualization. ... In abnormal HIDA results there is no visualization of the gallbladder, which is known as acute cholecystitis, and after an hour morphine must be administered. ... Some indications for the use of CCK are, before the HIDA scan, emptying the gallbladder for patients who have fasted for more than 24 hours and to diagnosis the sphincter of the Oddi dysfunction. Indication after the HIDA scan has been performed are differentiated common duct obstructions from normal variations, diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis, and to conform or exclude chronic calculous cholecystitis. ...
Other diagnoses that can be read through an abnormal scan include gallbladder perforation, acute acalculous cholecystitis, chronic cholecystitis, common duct obstruction, and biliary enteric bypass patency. ...
In conclusion the HIDA scan is a test that can be performed on any type of patient.
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