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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... cancer Acute cholecystitis ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... biliary #diseases #differential
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Wall Thickening - Differential ... Acute & chronic cholecystitis ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
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Causes of Gallbladder ... Chronic cholecystitis ... parenteral nutrition #Gallbladder ... Wall #Thickening #Causes ... #differential #
Emphysematous cholecystitis! Look for: Comet-tail artifact from abrupt change of acoustic impedance at a soft tissue/gas
Emphysematous cholecystitis ... GB (champagne sign ... ) - Arizona Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... Emphysematous #Cholecystitis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Gastritis - PUD • Gallbladder ... : Cholecystitis ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... #Cardiology
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... quadrant mass), the cause ... therefore presumes the cause ... subclinical, episodes of cholecytitis
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
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
on Gallbladder ... the neck of the gallbladder ... (SIN sign). ... Pathology: acute cholecystitis ... #gallbladder #ultrasound
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
Cholecystitis ... cholecystitis. ... #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Cholecystitis
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... Biliary colic, Acute Cholecystitis ... AbdominalPain #differential ... #diagnosis #signs