22 results
Impacted Gallbladder Stone on POCUS
20 M with recurrent epigastric pain, planned for OGD.  POCUS :
Impacted Gallbladder ... Stone on POCUS ... EmergOmBur #Impacted #Gallbladder ... #Stone #POCUS # ... cholelithiasis #RUQ
Impacted Gallbladder Stone on POCUS
20's female with RUQ pain x 20 hrs. Has positive Murphy's. Vitals
Impacted Gallbladder ... Stone on POCUS ... 's female with RUQ ... #Impacted #Gallbladder ... POCUS #clinical #RUQ
Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
Common Bile Duct Stone ... cholecystectomy, new RUQ ... but there is a stone ... BileDuct #CBD #Stone ... clinical #ultrasound #biliary
Gallbladder Stone Mimic on POCUS

Adjacent bowel can mimic GB stone .The shadow it casts is a
Gallbladder Stone ... bowel can mimic GB stone ... @EmergOmBur #Gallbladder ... #Stone #Mimic # ... ultrasound #clinical #RUQ
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... symptoms - Pain -> RUQ ... Drugs - Primary biliary ... PSC - Other biliary ... duct stricture/Stones
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.
Biliary colic 2. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Intrahepatic stones
Gallbladder Perforation with pericholecystic abscess on POCUS

Patient with RUQ pain/fever.  Answer in thread. holecystitis/impacted stone
Gallbladder Perforation ... Patient with RUQ ... holecystitis/impacted stone ... Cholecystitis #Gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... pancreatic or biliary ... A gallbladder containing ... stones is likely ... fibrosis of the gallbladder
Gallbladder Neck Stones on POCUS

Packed stones close to neck of GB can be easily missed. Assess
Gallbladder Neck ... Stones on POCUS ... Packed stones ... EmergOmBur #Gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #ultrasound #RUQ
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
Stone-In-Neck Sign ... on Gallbladder ... Here is her biliary ... A stone is lodged ... the neck of the gallbladder