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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
567
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
198-Au-gold colloid liver scans and 75-Se-selenomethionine pancreas scans in 72 patients with extrahepatic obstructive jaundice were assessed by blind marking. They were compared with liver and pancreas scans from 20 control patients and liver scans from 33 patients with diffuse liver disease. 56 per cent of the liver scans in extrahepatic obstructive jaundice showed a filling defect in the hilar region of the liver. This was most frequently seen in the most deeply jaundiced patients, and was reported in 80 per cent of patients with a serum bilirubin greater than 15 mg/100 ml. The liver scan alone cannot distinguish between different forms of extrahepatic obstructive jaundice although severe loss of left lobe uptake appeared to favour a diagnosis of carcinoma of the bile or hepatic ducts. A normal pancreas scan virtually excludes a pancreatic carcinoma as the cause of obstructive jaundice. A pancreas scan showing severely reduced uptake suggests a carcinoma of the pancreas or of the lower end of the common bile duct.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0007-1285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Liver and pancreas scanning in extrahepatic obstructive jaundice (with special reference to tumours of the bile and hepatic ducts).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study