the authors studied the utility of 99mtc-hida imaging in both acute and chronic cholecystitis and hepatobiliary disease in the presence of jaundice : ( a ) all normal gallbladders exhibited filling , ( b ) absence of visualization indicated gallbladder disease and/or cystic duct obstruction , ( c ) visualization of the gallbladder after cholecystokinin-induced emptying excluded an obstructed cystic duct and acute cholecystitis , and ( d ) a definitive diagnosis of hepatocellular disease , partial and complete obstruction , is possible in jaundiced patients with hyperbilirubinemias up to 5 mg % .
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