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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... biliary #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #surgery
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 ... AbdominalPain #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
) Sign of Acute ... Cholecystitis ... (SIN) is a sign ... diagnosing chole ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Diagnosis • Physiologic ... Contracted gall bladder in ... Acute & chronic cholecystitis ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis ... Courvoisier #Terrier #Sign ... CourvoisierTerrier #diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Gastritis - PUD • Gallbladder ... : Cholecystitis ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology
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
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
POCUS Worsening RUQ ... Diagnosis? ... in a gallbladder ... Diagnosis: Gangrenous ... US Murphy's sign
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... are: - Normal in ... branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Enlargement #Differential
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... Look for other signs ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR