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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
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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
gallbladder - Usually ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy 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
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
Here is her biliary ... Pathology: acute ... cholecystitis ... #Stone #Neck #SiN ... 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
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Contracted gall bladder in ... & chronic cholecystitis ... , Cholangitis, Acute
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
) Sign of Acute ... Cholecystitis ... of acute cholecystitis ... diagnosing chole ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis
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