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We report the case of a 58-year-old male with cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess that were not diagnosed by routine radiologic examinations, but concurrently detected by hepatobiliary scintigraphy with99mTc-PMT, and confirmed at operation. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is noninvasive and useful in the detection of a biliary enteric fistula and lesions about related organs. Concurrent detection of cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess on hepatobiliary series is of great clinical value in planning surgical intervention.
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Seto, H., Watanabe, N., Kageyama, M. et al. Concurrent detection of cholecystocolic fistula and hepatic abscess by hepatobiliary scintigraphy. Ann Nucl Med 9, 93–95 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164973
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