2024年11月4日 · Ultrasound. The most sensitive US finding in acute cholecystitis is the presence of cholelithiasis in combination with the sonographic Murphy sign. Both gallbladder wall thickening (>3 mm) and pericholecystic fluid are secondary findings. Other less specific findings include gallbladder distension and sludge.

2024年10月26日 · Gallbladder ultrasound is indicated in several clinical scenarios, including ref: evaluation of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. suspected acute cholecystitis. suspected cholelithiasis. assessing complications related to cholelithiasis such as choledocholithiasis. evaluation of jaundice, particularly when a biliary cause is suspected

This case illustrates inspissated/precipitated bile solute in the gallbladder that does not have the classic appearance of echoes layering on the posterior wall.

She underwent an endoscopic ultrasound which showed numerous round stones and sludge material in the common bile duct. No large dominant stone within the common bile duct was seen. A follow-up endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography removed small, round stones and thick, sludge-like material.

2025年1月5日 · Ultrasound. Ultrasound is typically performed as the modality of choice for investigation of biliary pain. In gallbladder dysfunction, ultrasound examination of the gallbladder is usually normal, with no cholelithiasis, biliary sludge, thickened gallbladder wall or hyperemia. Nuclear medicine

2024年6月18日 · Ultrasound. Ultrasound may show the usual sonographic features of cholecystitis with added echogenic content within the gallbladder lumen (this feature is however not specific for an empyema).

2024年12月5日 · Ultrasound is non-specific for differentiating gallbladder sludge from limy bile 4 - in both cases, it will reveal the presence of a hyperechoic and heterogeneous substance dependently in the gallbladder.

2024年8月21日 · Ultrasound. They may be seen as cluster of minute echogenic juxta-hepatic foci at the expected position of the gallbladder. Shadowing as well as comet tail artifacts may also be seen. In the context of gallbladder sludge, the gallbladder may be diffusely echogenic.

2024年12月18日 · Gallbladder polyps are commonly occurring elevated lesions on the mucosal surface of the gallbladder. The vast majority are benign. They are best characterized on ultrasound as a non-shadowing endophytic growth into the gallbladder lumen.

2024年10月18日 · Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is a hyperplastic cholecystosis of the gallbladder wall. It is a relatively common and benign cause of diffuse or focal gallbladder wall thickening , most easily seen on ultrasound and MRI .