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Wall-Echo-Shadow Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

Dr. Stephen Alerhand @SAlerhand

#Wall #Echo #Shadow #WES #Sign #Gallbladder #POCUS #cholelithiasis #clinical
Sign on Gallbladder ... #Echo #Shadow #WES ... #Sign #Gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #clinical ... #ultrasound
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... gallstones -> Wall ... (gb wall) Echo ... sign. ... #pocus #clinical
Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign! UAB Emergency Ultrasound
@UAB_Sono

#Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow #WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Wall-Echo-Shadow ... (WES) sign! ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... @UAB_Sono #Clinical ... #POCUS #Gallbladder
WES Sign (Wall Echo Shadow) on POCUS
GB contracted around stones. Last clip shows how easily missed
40yoF
WES Sign (Wall Echo ... Shadow) on POCUS GB ... #POCUS #gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #clinical ... #ultrasound
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Wall Echo Shadow ... Gallbladder Ultrasound ... couldn’t find the gallbladder ... #Complex #Sign ... Cholelithiasis #Clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... DTR’s • Onset: Few ... complete paralysis of all ... Clinical Features
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... • Onset: few days ... the underlying pathophysiology ... #Guillain #Barre
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Biliary Ultrasound ... Wall-Echo-Shadow ... (WES) sign! ... @UAB_Sono #Clinical ... #POCUS #Gallbladder
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
immune compromise Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... Pathophysiology: ... in bladder wall ... KUB or abdominal ultrasound
Cystic Duct Stone on Biliary POCUS

Not your average gall stone. This stone is lodged in the
lead to Mirizzi syndrome ... dilated, shotgun sign ... wall slightly thickened ... Biliary #POCUS #ultrasound ... #abdominal #clinical