Initial Experience on Utility of Gadobenate Dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA) Enhanced Tl -Weighted MR Cholangiography in Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis

摘要

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS IS a clinical entity characterized by localized right upper quadrant abdominal pain and fever. Because numerous other clinical conditions such as cholangitis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcus, nephro-uret-erolithiasis, acute appendicitis, and even acute myocar-dial infarction may mimic acute cholecystitis, diagnostic imaging modalities gain importance to clarify this vague clinical entity. Imaging constitutes an important part of the diagnostic algorithm and traditionally ultrasound (US) is accepted as the primary imaging modality in most centers (1). Obstructive gallbladder, biliary, and or cystic