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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 ... jaundice, fever; gallstone
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Biliary Ultrasound ... 48F with RUQ pain ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Sign #Gallstones
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
defined, echogenic gallbladder ... shadowing from gallstones ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Sign #Gallstones
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.
Complications of Gallstones ... Biliary colic 2. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Gallstone ileus ... Complications #Gallstones
Cholecystitis on POCUS (Labeled)

Ultrasound showing gallstone, wall thickening, and pericholecystic fluid.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Cholecystitis #POCUS #clinical
Ultrasound showing gallstone ... clinical #ultrasound #RUQ ... #abdominal #gallbladder ... #gallstone #labeled
Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign! UAB Emergency Ultrasound
@UAB_Sono

#Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow #WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Sign #Gallstones
Mirizzi Syndrome on RUQ POCUS

Adult male-RUQ abd pain.VSS/Afeb. WBC-16.8K. Obstructive pattern on hepatic panel with normal
Adult male-RUQ ... compression of biliary ... ) by the large gallstone ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Gallstone ... Clinical #Transverse #Biliary
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Budd-Chiari syndrome Biliary ... Non-infectious: Gallstones ... "biliary colic") ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess #RUQ
Cholecystitis on POCUS

Ultrasound showing gallstone, wall thickening, and pericholecystic fluid.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Cholecystitis #POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Ultrasound showing gallstone ... clinical #ultrasound #RUQ ... #abdominal #gallbladder ... #gallstone
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... pancreatic or biliary ... A gallbladder containing ... fibrosis of the gallbladder