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An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
echo shadow (WES) sign ... defined, echogenic gallbladder ... shadowing from gallstones ... #WallEchoShadow ... #WESComplex #Sign
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 ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... #WallEchoShadow ... #WESComplex #Sign
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Name that sign! ... Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... #WallEchoShadow ... #WESComplex #Sign
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 ... fever, Murphy sign
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Complex (WES) on Gallbladder ... Ultrasound Medical ... #WallEchoShadow ... #WES #Complex #Sign ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
cholecystitis: gallstones ... sonographic murphys sign ... “Integral” in managing ... patients as they pour in ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... & an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... Courvoisier #Terrier #Sign
Gallstone in Hartmann's Pouch on Ultrasound
Need to differentiate from air in duodenum.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#Hartmanns
Gallstone in Hartmann's ... Pouch on Ultrasound ... Hartmanns #Pouch #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Gallbladder ... POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
WES Sign (Wall Echo Shadow) on POCUS
GB contracted around stones. Last clip shows how easily missed
40yoF
WES Sign (Wall Echo ... pathology #WES #Sign ... #WallEchoShadow ... #POCUS #gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #clinical #ultrasound
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... and gallstones ... complex aka WES sign ... 846787466292088833 #gallbladder ... #WES #Complex #Sign