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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
pain Porcelain gallbladder ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... pancreatic or biliary ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
Gallblader with ... echographic Murphy sign ... Diagnosis of cholecystitis ... PhilippeLeConte #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cholecystitis
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 ... (SIN sign). ... Pathology: acute cholecystitis
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
Gangrenous cholecystitis ... POCUS GB done. ... Diagnosis? ... Diagnosis: Gangrenous ... US Murphy's sign
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
in Neck (SIN) Sign ... stone-in-neck (SIN) is a sign ... ppv of 93% in diagnosing ... Stone #Neck #SIN #Gallbladder ... Cholelithiasis #POCUS
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
liver abscess in children ... from contiguous focus ... of infection (cholecystitis ... perinephric abscess) • Biliary ... #differential #diagnosis