Please report to Admitting 15 minutes before your
scheduled exam time.
PREP:
Nothing to eat or drink for 2 hours before the exam.
No barium studies 2-3 days prior to the scan.
PURPOSE:
A Hepatolite Scan is done to study the gallbladder
and bile ducts for signs of inflammation, obstruction, function, or
leakage.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
You will be given an injection of a radioactive
isotope into a vein in your arm. This material will travel through the
bloodstream to your liver. The camera will observe this material as it
travels from your liver out into the gallbladder, bile ducts, and into the
small intestine. You will need to lie very still during the entire test.
TIME FRAME:
60 minutes
POSSIBLE
COMPLICATIONS: Minimal to no side effects
from the radioactive isotope.
IF YOU ARE
PREGNANT, INFORM THE TECHNOLOGIST BEFORE THE EXAM.
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