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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.
Biliary colic 2. ... Cholecystitis 3. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... #differential #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... gallbladder - Usually ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... sign Chronic cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... of RUQ and Midline ... Pancreatitis Biliary ... colic, Acute Cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
cholecystitis, ... "biliary colic") ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess #RUQ ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #abdominalpain
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Causes of Gallbladder ... cholecystitis 2. ... parenteral nutrition #Gallbladder ... Wall #Thickening #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Biliary Pain 20% ... Acute Cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... - Differential Diagnosis ... & chronic cholecystitis ... , Cholangitis, Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder ... Here is her biliary ... Pathology: acute ... cholecystitis ... abdominal #labeled #cholelithiasis
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
quadrant mass), the cause ... therefore presumes the cause ... pancreatic or biliary ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... RUQ: • Biliary ... colic/Chronic cholecystitis ... • Functional biliary ... #gastroenterology