Computed tomography in the identification of gallstones likely to respond to UDCA

Ital J Gastroenterol. 1992 Oct;24(8):466-7.

Abstract

An unusual case of a patient with two biliary stones of different densities that responded differently to oral litholytic treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is reported. The findings confirm, in an unusual experimental model, that CT is useful in the selection of those stones which have a high probability of dissolution under treatment with oral bile acids.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cholelithiasis / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / methods
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid