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Complications of Gallstones - Cholelithiasis
1. Biliary colic
2. Cholecystitis
3. Mucocele
4. Empyema
5. Fistula
6. Perforation
7. Gallbladder carcinoma
8. Mirizzi's syndrome
9.
Complications of Gallstones ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Intrahepatic stones ... Gallstone ileus ... Complications #Gallstones
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... Cholesterolosis of gallbladder ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... , high risk of gallbladder ... jaundice, fever; gallstone
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... and gallstones ... -> Wall (gb wall ... ) Echo (stone) Shadow ... (from stone) complex
Gallbladder Stones on POCUS

These gallstones resemble pearls jammed together right down into the neck of the
Gallbladder Stones ... POCUS These gallstones ... the neck of the GB ... jchristianfox #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Gallbladder
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
defined, echogenic gallbladder ... shadowing from gallstones ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones
Impacted Gallbladder Stone on POCUS
20 M with recurrent epigastric pain, planned for OGD.  POCUS :
Impacted Gallbladder ... POCUS : impacted GB ... stone. ... for symptomatic GB ... EmergOmBur #Impacted #Gallbladder
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Gallstone Diseases ... Asymptomatic Stones ... GB Cancer < 0.1% ... #Gallstone #
Might be one of the ugliest gallbladders I've ever seen. This POCUS shows a large stone
of the ugliest gallbladders ... shows a large stone ... thick edematous gallbladder ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... A gallbladder containing ... stones is likely ... fibrosis of the gallbladder
Cholecystitis on POCUS (Labeled)

Ultrasound showing gallstone, wall thickening, and pericholecystic fluid.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Cholecystitis #POCUS #clinical
Ultrasound showing gallstone ... RUQ #abdominal #gallbladder ... #gallstone #labeled