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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis ... : gallstones, anterior ... sonographic murphys sign ... jchristianfox #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #Cholecystitis
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
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... and gallstones ... Shadow (from stone) complex ... aka WES sign. ... #Sign #pocus #clinical
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... unlikely to be gallstones ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... Courvoisier #Terrier #Sign
Sonographic Murphy sign : one of the most important sonographic signs in acute cholecystitis.

Mohammed Alshamsi
@EmergOmBur

#Clinical #POCUS
Sonographic Murphy sign ... in acute cholecystitis ... EmergOmBur #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #Cholecystitis ... #Murphys #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). ... Pathology: acute cholecystitis ... #Stone #Neck #SiN ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Wall Echo Shadow Complex ... (WES) on Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WES #Complex ... #Sign #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Clinical #POCUS
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
Gallblader with ... echographic Murphy sign ... PhilippeLeConte #Clinical #POCUS ... #Gallbladder #LongAxis ... #Cholecystitis
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
) Sign of Acute ... Cholecystitis ... (SIN) is a sign ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis ... #POCUS #clinical