13 results
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.
- Cholelithiasis ... Cholecystitis 3. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... #differential #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute “calculus” cholecystitis: gallstones, anterior wall > 3mm and + sonographic murphys sign. “Integral” in managing
: gallstones, anterior ... sonographic murphys sign ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... #Cholecystitis ... #Cholelithiasis
Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis on Gallbladder POCUS (Labeled)

Sagittal plane showing two gallstones, trace fluid (at around 9
Cholelithiasis and ... Gallbladder POCUS ... plane showing two gallstones ... Diagnosis is Cholecystitis ... #Gallbladder #POCUS
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
quadrant mass), the cause ... unlikely to be gallstones ... therefore presumes the cause ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Biliary Ultrasound Win of the Week! 48F with RUQ pain. Marked echogenicity with shadowing noted. Name
48F with RUQ pain ... Name that sign! ... Wall-Echo-Shadow (WES) sign ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... of RUQ and Midline ... Biliary colic, Acute Cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Infectious: Acute cholecystitis ... Non-infectious: Gallstones ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess #RUQ ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #abdominalpain
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 ... ppv of 93% in diagnosing ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis
rather easy case : 74 yrs old patient, febrile epigastric pain. Gallblader with tiny lithiasis, sludge,
rather easy case ... Gallblader with ... echographic Murphy sign ... Diagnosis of cholecystitis ... #LongAxis #Cholecystitis