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Use of131I-rose bengal to follow bile leakage

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Since131I-rose bengal is cleared from the bloodstream by the liver, and enters the bile, it can be utilized as an indicator of fresh bile leakage. A technic for doing this when ascitic fluid is present was outlined, and illustrated by management of a case of bile escape following hepatic biopsy. Approaches to cases in which ascitic fluid is not present were discussed.

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  1. From the Departments of Radiology, Medicine, and Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

    Richard P. Spencer M.D., Ph.D., Marshall M. Kaplan M.D. & William W. L. Glenn M.D.

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Supported by Grants CA 6519 and AM 09429 from the U. S. Public Health Service, in part by a grant from the James Picker Foundation, by the Victoria Foundation, and by a gift from Charles W. Ohse.

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Spencer, R.P., Kaplan, M.M. & Glenn, W.W.L. Use of131I-rose bengal to follow bile leakage. Digest Dis Sci 12, 1169–1173 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233885

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