What Does This HIDA Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 10 Dec 2016

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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 Answered on

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Question : HIDA Scan results came back with "The gallbladder ejection fraction was unable to be determined due to the superimposition of activity in the overlying small bowel. What does this mean?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Happykumar Kagathara (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Incomplete test

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
1) HIDA scan is used to detect any obstruction to bile flow from liver to intestine.
2) When small bowel increased intestinal movement present in area of examination (right upper and central part of abdomen), it make difficult for HIDA scan tracer to interpret the result.
3) In simple language it indicate that test was unable to determine any findings due to rapid movement of overlying small bowel. Indirectly this indicate incompleteness of your test and you might require another test.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar