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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
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 ... Biliary colic 2. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Gallstone ileus ... Complications #Gallstones
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... pancreatic or biliary ... A gallbladder containing ... fibrosis of the gallbladder
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Biliary Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones
ERCP Management Algorithm for Patient with Symptomatic Choledocholithiasis 

Predictors of choledocholithiasis
Very strong
 - CBD stone on
( > 6 mm with galbladder ... y - Clinical gallstone ... Choledocholithiasis #Biliary
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
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
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Gallstone Diseases ... Biliary Pain 20% ... Cancer < 0.1% #Gallstone
Cholelithiasis. Note the gallstones with shadowing and normal gallbladder wall thickness #Clinical #EM #Radiology #POCUS #Cholelithiasis
Note the gallstones ... shadowing and normal gallbladder ... Cholelithiasis #Gallstone
Acute cholecystitis. Note the gallstones with shadowing, pericholecystic fluid, and thickened gallbladder wall. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Note the gallstones ... and thickened gallbladder ... PericholecysticFluid #Gallstone