SeHCAT Bile Acid Malabsorption Measurements

 

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Diarrhoea clinically suggestive of intestinal malabsorption

Diagnosis of idiopathic malabsorption and evaluation of irritable bowel syndrome

Post-surgical malabsorption (ileal resection, vagotomy or cholecystectomy)

SeHCAT behaves in a similar manner to bile acid in the body, and the small amount of radioactivity contained in the product allows the excretion of the material to be monitored using a gamma camera. Nuclear Medicine Physics staff administer the SeHCAT capsule and perform patient imaging.

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Se-SeHCAT capsules are used to study the behaviour of bile acids in the digestive system. These studies will give information about the functioning of the gastro-intestinal system, for example in cases of chronic diarrhoea, and of the liver. Patients are referred for this test for the following reasons