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What Is The Diagnosis If HIDA Exam Shows Abrupt Uptake And Washout Of Radiotracer From Liver?
What does it suggest when it states the findings for Exam: NM Hida with EF or Pharmacologic( Billary Dyskinesia ) That there is abrupt uptake and washout of the radiotracer from the liver. The gallbladder is visualized at 15 minutes. Common bile duct activity is present at 25 minutes. Small bowel activity is visualized at 70 minutes. Gallbladder ejection fraction was 89%. My wife is 34 and suffers from FMF which is called MEFV also With the 2 rarest mutations. Had a total abdominal colectomy. Plus Gasterparesis is very bad due to the sphincter muscles and Allergies to 15 medications which causes some of the medical situations to be harder to treat. She has a straight connect and her area of incisions from such weight loss from almost 200lbs to 115 has thrown her for a severe loop with mal absorbtions biopsys not able to keep food down only baby food types. Lactose free and her fight for her self to be able to keep her balance due to a past year of finding she had a DVT and blood clots from pic-lines
Mon, 16 Mar 2015
Though the report suggests abrupt uptake and wash out on HIDA scan, the time intervals you have mentioned are quite within normal limits. I feel there is nothing to worry on the account of HIDA test.
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Dr Kashyap P Lanka
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