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Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... stones is likely ... Courvoisier #Terrier #Sign ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Diagnosis • Physiologic ... Contracted gall bladder in ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound ... #calculus #Radiology
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... fever, Murphy sign ... biliary #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #surgery
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
) Sign of Acute ... (SIN) is a sign ... diagnosing chole ... #Neck #SIN #Gallbladder ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... - Differential Diagnosis ... reflects conditions ... #cardiology #differential ... #causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... severe cases ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
most common causes ... more than one cause ... shifting dullness detect ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
Findings: • Large defect ... HAGL) can be a cause ... Differential diagnosis ... GAGL): "Reverse J sign ... #diagnosis #msk
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
Causes Retained ... lack of muscle tone ... abnormalities Signs ... is present Diagnosis ... uterine size) Ultrasound