Biomaterial Database

[Hepatobiliary radionuclide imaging. Clinical applications]. 1995

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Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Centre Chirurgical Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson.

Iminodiacetic analogs (IDA) undergo the same metabolism as bilirubin and organic anions. After hepatocyte uptake, IDA analogs are excreted in the biliary tree and eliminated in the intestine. Technetium-99m-labeled IDA analogs provide liver and biliary tract images showing a progression from uptake to elimination. Several clinical applications are now available for the investigation of liver or biliary diseases. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is particularly sensitive and highly specific to identify biliary atresia, acute cholécystitis and bile leak. It can also be also performed as a liver function test. It is the only technique providing real-time assessment of bile progression from the liver to the intestine.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007098	Imino Acids	Carboxylic acids that contain an imino group (C	Amino Acids, Secondary,Acids, Secondary Amino,Secondary Amino Acids,Acids, Imino
D008099	Liver	A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.	Livers
D008113	Liver Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LIVER.	Cancer of Liver,Hepatic Cancer,Liver Cancer,Cancer of the Liver,Cancer, Hepatocellular,Hepatic Neoplasms,Hepatocellular Cancer,Neoplasms, Hepatic,Neoplasms, Liver,Cancer, Hepatic,Cancer, Liver,Cancers, Hepatic,Cancers, Hepatocellular,Cancers, Liver,Hepatic Cancers,Hepatic Neoplasm,Hepatocellular Cancers,Liver Cancers,Liver Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Hepatic,Neoplasm, Liver
D011877	Radionuclide Imaging	The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph.	Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D002764	Cholecystitis	Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER; generally caused by impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, or other diseases.	Empyema, Gallbladder,Gallbladder Inflammation,Empyema, Gall Bladder,Gall Bladder Empyema,Gallbladder Empyema,Inflammation, Gallbladder
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000596	Amino Acids	Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.	Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D001656	Biliary Atresia	Progressive destruction or the absence of all or part of the extrahepatic BILE DUCTS, resulting in the complete obstruction of BILE flow. Usually, biliary atresia is found in infants and accounts for one third of the neonatal cholestatic JAUNDICE.	Atresia, Biliary,Biliary Atresia, Extrahepatic,Biliary Atresia, Intrahepatic,Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia,Familial Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia,Idiopathic Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia,Intrahepatic Biliary Atresia,Atresia, Extrahepatic Biliary,Atresia, Intrahepatic Biliary
D013667	Technetium	The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of URANIUM. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, and atomic number 43. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m	Technetium 99m,99m, Technetium
D017093	Liver Failure	Severe inability of the LIVER to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe JAUNDICE and abnormal serum levels of AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed)	Hepatic Failure