Original Article: PDF OnlyA False-Positive Hepatobiliary Scan in a Patient with Cystic FibrosisLANE, JOHN I. M.D.; SACKS, DAVID M.D.; WINN, RANDALL S. M.D.; KERSHNER, MARILYN S. M.D. Author Information From the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, Pennsylvania Clinical Nuclear Medicine: May 1988 - Volume 13 - Issue 5 - p 331-333 Buy Abstract A case of nonvisualization of the gallbladder in an adult patient with cystic fibrosis in the absence of acute cholecystitis is reported. Delayed images to 20 hours showed persistent nonvisualization. Review of the literature on cystic fibrosis suggests that nonvisualization of the gallbladder may be secondary to inspissated mucus rather than acute cholecystitis, and therefore a positive hepatobiliary scan in these patients should be interpreted with caution. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
