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Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
Types - Acute Calculous ... , Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous ... Emphysematous - Gallbladder
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Causes of Gallbladder ... Acute calculous ... Acute acalculous ... parenteral nutrition #Gallbladder
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... - Magnesium, ammonium ... Infection with ammonia-producing ... heart failure #Calculi ... diagnosis #causes #calculus
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
Acute “calculus” ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder
Acalculous cholecystitis on POCUS

This otherwise healthy 40yo female presents with RUQ pain. 
Case resolution(acalculous cholecystitis): up
Acalculous cholecystitis ... Case resolution(acalculous ... age gender for calculus ... 874658558352162816 #Acalculous ... POCUS #clinical #gallbladder
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
staghorn or large calculus ... system; are Mg ammonium ... breakdown yields ammonia ... flankpain #PCN #calculus
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal Calculus ... to identify non-calculus ... Useful for non-calculus ... Imaging #Modalities #Calculi ... Kidney #stones #calculus
Might be one of the ugliest gallbladders I've ever seen. This POCUS shows a large stone
of the ugliest gallbladders ... thick edematous gallbladder ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder
Ammonium Urate Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Very much like a black sea urchin in these particular examples

Dr.
Ammonium Urate Crystals ... @JoseTesser #Ammonium
Cholecystitis on Gallbladder POCUS 

The landmark for the gallbladder is the portal vein, usually seen superiorly
Cholecystitis on Gallbladder ... landmark for the gallbladder ... posteriorly to the gallbladder ... Thickened gallbladder ... Fluid outside gallbladder