Cholethorax with biliopleural communication detected on [99mTc]mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy.

Abstract

Bilious pleural effusion or cholethorax is a rare type of exudative pleural effusion. Here is presented a case of right-sided cholethorax, in which the direct communication between the pleural effusion with the biliary duct was visible only on the posteriori images of dynamic hepatobiliary scintigraphy with [99mTc]mebrofenin.

• Authors: Georgios Meristoudis, Ioannis Ilias, Evangelia Zaromytidou, Emmanouil Alevroudis, Athanasios Notopoulos
• Journal: Nuclear medicine review. Central & Eastern Europe (Nucl Med Rev Cent East Eur) Vol. 24 Issue 2 Pg. 124-125 ( 2021) ISSN: 1644-4345 [Electronic] Poland
• PMID: 34382684 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Communication
• Humans
• Liver (diagnostic imaging)
• Radionuclide Imaging