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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... Cholesterolosis of gallbladder ... Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... , high risk of gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... quadrant mass), the cause ... unlikely to be gallstones ... therefore presumes the cause ... A gallbladder containing
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.
Complications of Gallstones ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Gallstone ileus ... Complications #Gallstones
Cholecystitis on POCUS (Labeled)

Ultrasound showing gallstone, wall thickening, and pericholecystic fluid.

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Cholecystitis #POCUS #clinical
Ultrasound showing gallstone ... RUQ #abdominal #gallbladder ... #gallstone #labeled
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
defined, echogenic gallbladder ... shadowing from gallstones ... Clinical #POCUS #Gallbladder ... WESComplex #Sign #Gallstones
Cholelithiasis. Note the gallstones with shadowing and normal gallbladder wall thickness #Clinical #EM #Radiology #POCUS #Cholelithiasis
Note the gallstones ... shadowing and normal gallbladder ... Cholelithiasis #Gallstone
Acute cholecystitis. Note the gallstones with shadowing, pericholecystic fluid, and thickened gallbladder wall. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Note the gallstones ... and thickened gallbladder ... PericholecysticFluid #Gallstone
Gallstone in Hartmann's Pouch on Ultrasound
Need to differentiate from air in duodenum.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#Hartmanns
Gallstone in Hartmann's ... Hartmanns #Pouch #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Gallbladder
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
Emphysematous - Gallbladder ... Perforation - Gallstone
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Gallstone Diseases ... Cancer < 0.1% #Gallstone ... differential #diagnosis #causes