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pancreatitis and gallbladder troubles

been suffering from pancreatitis and doctors thinking my gallbladder may be messed up....How common is it to have had a normal HIDA scan with no apparent stones?
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Did you also have high elevations of ALP, AST, tumor markers when they diagnosed your pancreatitis?
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Its very normal, HIDA scan checks the function of the gallbladder, I didnt have stones but my gallbladder was extremely sluggish.  Was yours functioning properly on the HIDA?
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