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Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... or Courvoisier-Terrier ... Sign States ... pancreatic or biliary ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
echo shadow (WES) sign ... defined, echogenic gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Sign #Gallstones ... #Cholelithiasis
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
Biliary Ultrasound ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Cholelithiasis
Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign! UAB Emergency Ultrasound
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#Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder #WallEchoShadow #WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WESComplex ... #Sign #Gallstones ... #Cholelithiasis
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
on Gallbladder ... Here is her biliary ... Pathology: acute cholecystitis ... #gallbladder #ultrasound ... abdominal #labeled #cholelithiasis
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
pain Porcelain gallbladder ... , high risk of 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 ... sonographic murphys sign ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... #Cholecystitis ... #Cholelithiasis
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.
of Gallstones - Cholelithiasis ... Biliary colic 2. ... Cholecystitis 3. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Complications #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Gallbladder Perforation with pericholecystic abscess on POCUS

Patient with RUQ pain/fever.  Answer in thread. holecystitis/impacted stone
Gallbladder Perforation ... Answer in thread. holecystitis ... Perforation #abscess #Cholecystitis ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

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