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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 ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #WESComplex #Sign
Cholecystitis on POCUS (Labeled)

Ultrasound showing gallstone, wall thickening, and pericholecystic fluid.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Cholecystitis #POCUS #clinical
Cholecystitis on POCUS ... (Labeled) Ultrasound ... showing gallstone ... RUQ #abdominal #gallbladder ... #gallstone #labeled
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
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
cholecystitis: gallstones ... sonographic murphys sign ... “Integral” in managing ... jchristianfox #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #Cholecystitis
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
and gallstones ... complex aka WES sign ... Labeled Schematic ... #WES #Complex #Sign ... #pocus #clinical
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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of Nerve Damage in ... Supracondylar (4%), Radius ... Flexion Paper - Radial ... • Extension of wrist ... adduction) OK Sign
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
Fracture of distal radial ... will be obvious; signs ... swollen forearm and wrist ... ROM especially in ... pronation and at wrist
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
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
Stone-In-Neck Sign ... (SIN sign). ... #Stone #Neck #SiN ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... #abdominal #labeled
Gallstone in Hartmann's Pouch on Ultrasound
Need to differentiate from air in duodenum.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#Hartmanns
Gallstone in Hartmann's ... differentiate from air in ... Hartmanns #Pouch #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Gallbladder ... #POCUS #Clinical