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An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
echo shadow (WES) sign ... defined, echogenic gallbladder ... shadowing from gallstones ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #WESComplex #Sign
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... , high risk of gallbladder ... fever, Murphy sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
cholecystitis: gallstones ... sonographic murphys sign ... jchristianfox #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #Cholecystitis
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... & an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign! UAB Emergency Ultrasound
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#Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow #WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign ... UAB_Sono #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow ... #WESComplex #Sign ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... and gallstones ... complex aka WES sign ... #WES #Complex #Sign ... #pocus #clinical
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Complex (WES) on Gallbladder ... couldn’t find the gallbladder ... #WES #Complex #Sign ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis ... #Clinical #POCUS
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Name that sign! ... UAB_Sono #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow ... #WESComplex #Sign ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
Gallblader with ... echographic Murphy sign ... Diagnosis of cholecystitis ... PhilippeLeConte #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #LongAxis
Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis on Gallbladder POCUS (Labeled)

Sagittal plane showing two gallstones, trace fluid (at around 9
Cholecystitis on Gallbladder ... POCUS (Labeled) ... plane showing two gallstones ... Diagnosis is Cholecystitis ... #POCUS #Labeled