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Hyperplastic Cholecystisis Characterized by

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Hyperconcentration: increase amt. of concentrated bile Hyperexcitability: ______ Hyperexcertion: too much bile

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Types of Hyperplastic Cholecystitis

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Cholesterolosis Adenomyomatosis

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Cholesterolosis

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condition in which cholesterol is deposited w/in lumina propria of GB

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Adenoma

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Benign neoplasms w/ a potential to become malignant

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Adenoma occurs

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as a solitary lesion Small: pedunculated Large: contain foci malignant transformation

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Adenoma Sonographic Appearance

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Homogenously hyperechoic - as grow in size will become heterogenous - thick wall= hourglass appearance

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Adenomyomatosis

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Hyperplastic change in the GB wall

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How do papillomas occur?

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Singularly or in groups

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Where may adenomyomatosis be found?

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May be scattered over a large part of the mucosal surface of the GB

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What is adenomyomatosis associated w/?

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Rokitansky- Aschoff Sinuses

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What are Rokitanksy-Aschoff sinuses?

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Small mucosal herniations into the muscular layer of the GB

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Rokitanksy-Aschoff sinuses appear- if filled w/bile

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Cystic

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Rokitanksy-Aschoff- if filled w/cholesterol deposits

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Echogenic foci w/v-shaped reverberation artifact

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Adenomyomatosis Sonographic Appearance

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small elevelations in lumen of the GB Maintain their initial location during positional changes

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What type of artifact does adenomyomatosis cause?

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Comet tail artifact

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Porcelain

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Calcium incrustation of GB wall

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What is Porcelain gallbladder associated with?

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gallstones

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What are the symptoms of a porcelain gallbladder?

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asymptomatic

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How is a diagnosis made for Porcelain gallbladder

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  • incidental finding - mass is found on physical examination
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Can porcelain gallbladder develop into cancer?

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Yes; 25%

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Porcelain Sonographic Findings

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Bright echogenic echo region of GB w/posterior shadowing (can’t see a wall majority of the time)

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Gallbladder Carcinoma -characteristics

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Rare & rapidly progressive 100% mortality rate 2X as common as cancer of the bile ducts

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What is GB carcinoma associated w/?

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cholelithiasis 80-90%

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What increases the chance of developing GB carcinoma?

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Cholelithiasis- presence of stones in the GB

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GB carcinoma occurs most frequently in?

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Women over 60 yrs

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Where may GB carcinoma tumor arise from?

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-body of the GB - cystic duct (rare)

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Effects of GB carcinoma tumor

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  • infiltrate the GB -causes thickening and rigidity of the wall
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What or how do you differentiate between a benign or malignant tumor of the GB

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Put color doppler - Malignant= GB carcinoma = hypervascularity will show

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How does GB carcinoma affect the liver?

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Liver is invaded by direct continuity extending through tissue spaces= Ducts of Lushka - lymph channels - or any combination

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How does obstruction of the cystic ducts occur in relation to GB carcinoma?

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  • Direct extenstion of the tumor - Extrinsic compression by involved lymph nodes
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GB carcinoma sonographic findings

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global shape of malignant GB masses- looks similar to GB -heterogenous solid or semi-solid mass

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GB carcinoma sonographic findings

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adjacent liver tissue in hilar area ( main-lobar fissure& pv- where it inserts into the liver) is heterogenous due to tumor spread - Shotgun sign= dilated biliary ducts w/in liver -cause non-visualization of gb on oral cholecystogram

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Dilated Biliary Ducts - what is the measurement to be considered dilated?

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  • greater than 4 mm
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What are the biliary ducts parallel to?

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Portal sytem

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What is the internal diameter of the CHD?

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  • less than 4 mm
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What is the borderline measurement for the duct diameter?

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  • 5mm
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What does the it mean if the duct diameter 6mm

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  • requires further investigation
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What may look normal but still have a distal obstruction

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normal size hepatic duct ( <4mm)

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The distal duct is often obscured by what?

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  • gas
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CBD internal diameter?

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  • slightly greater than the hepatic duct
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What measurement of the duct is considered dilated?

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10 mm

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What is the most common cause of a biliary obstruction?

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  • tumor or thrombus w/in the ductal system
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Where may a biliary obstruction be found?

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  • extrahepatic ductal pathway - intrahepatic ductal pathway
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What is seen as a sign when intrahepatic ducts are dilated?

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  • to many tubes - shotgun sign
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How do bile ducts expand?

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centrifugally- from the point of obstruction

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When does extrahepatic dilation occur?

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before intrahepatic ***if obstruction is extrahepatic!

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What are the three primary areas for Extrahepatic obstruction?

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  • Intrapancreatic - Suprapancreatic - Porta hepatic (portal triad)
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What are the three intrapancreatic conditions?

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  • pancreatic carcinoma - choledocolithiasis - chronic pancreatitis w/stricture formation
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What is intrapancreatic obstruction?

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  • Extrahepatic - obstruction at the level of the distal duct
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What is suprapancreatic obstruction? Where does it originate?

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  • Extrahepatic obstruction -originates b/w head of pancreas
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What structures appear normal on ultrasound in a suprapancreatic obstruction?

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  • head of pancreas - intrapancreatic duct - pancreatic duct
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What is the most common cause of suprapancreatic obstruction?

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Malignancy or adenopathy

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Porta hepatic obstruction usually occurs due to what?

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Neoplasm

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What will appear on an ultrasound of a porta hepatic obstruction?

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  • intrahepatic ductal dilation - Normal CBD - possibly GB hydrop
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Where does cholangiocarcinoma originate from?

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w/in the larger bile ducts = CBD or CHD

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Specific type of cholangiocarcinoma?

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  • Klatskin’s tumor
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Where can the Klatskin’s tumor occur?

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  • bifurcation of the CHD (involves all parts- central, left &amp; right)
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What sonographic feature suggests Klatskin’s tumor?

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Non-union of the rt. &amp; lt. ducts

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What sonographic features indicates cholagiocarcinoma?

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  • isolated intrahepatic duct dilation
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What should be down to confirm Klatskins tumor?

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  • contrast &amp; color doppler
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Mirizzi Syndrome is caused by?

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Extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to an impacted stone in the cystic duct

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If a stone is penetrated into the CHD or gut what disease could this indicate?

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Mirizzi syndrome

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Cholecystobiliary or cholecystenteric fistula is a result of what? &amp; associated w/ what?

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  • stone penetrated into the CHD or gut - Mirizzi Syndrome
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What allows Mirizzi syndrome to occur?

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cystic duct inserts unusually low into the CHD &amp; 2 ducts have parallel alignment

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Mirizzi Syndrome- Sonographic Findings

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  • intrahepatic ductal dilation - normal CBD - large stone in neck or cystic duct
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What type of tumors will have the same sonographic appearance as pancreatic tumors?

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  • Tumors arising from GB - Ampullar carcinoma
67
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What indicates cancer of the biliary convergence?

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  • ducal wall w/out bulging outside
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What indicates ampulloma?

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  • specific pattern - bulge inside dilated CBD
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Cancer of the hepatic duct usually infiltrates what?

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  • the ducal wall w/out bulging outside
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Extrahepatic biliary obstruction - sonographic findings

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  • minimal dilation in patients w/ 1.)NON-jaundice w/ a.) gallstones [OR] b.) pancreatitis 2.) Jaundice w/ a.) common duct stone [OR] b.) tumor
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A diameter >11 mm suggests an obstruction by what?

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  • stone - tumor of the a.) duct b.) pancreas c.) other source
72
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What causes intermittent obstruction resulting from a ball-valve effect?

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Biliary obstruction involving - 1 HD - early obstruction 2nd to carcinoma/ gallstones

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Extra obs.- What is found in Non-jaundice dilate ducts?

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Biliary obstruction involving - 1 HD - early obstruction 2nd to carcinoma/ gallstones

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What characteristics traditionally distinguish bile ducts from other intrahepatic structures?

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1.) alteration in pattern adjacent to RMPV segment &amp; bifurcation 2.) irregular walls of dilated ducts 3.) stellate confluence of dilated ducts 4.) acoustic enhancement by DD 5.) peripheral duct dilation

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Intrahepatic biliary ducts occur…

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2nd to extrahepatic bile duct obstruction

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Cystadenoma &amp; cystadenocarcinoma are rare and primarily limited diseases that may occassionally occur from?

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  • intrahepatic lesions–> changes in the duct
77
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Intrahepatic biliary neoplasms frequently found in

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  • middle aged women
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Clinical Presentation of Intrahepatic biliary neoplasms

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  • abd. pain - abd. mass - jaundice - dilated intra ducts
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Abd. mass near the porta hepatis will cause

80
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What pattern variations may show in an intrahepatic biliary neoplasm mass

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  • uniocular - calcifies - multiple
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What are the differential diagnoses of an intrahepatic biliary neoplasm

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  • hemorrhagic cyst - infection -echinococcal cysts - abscess - cystic metastasis
82
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What is cholangitis

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  • inflammation of the bile ducts
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What are the clinical symptoms of cholangitis

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  • malaise (can’t localize pain) - Fever - sweating &amp; shivering - Lethargic -Prostrate - in shock
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Cholangitis is caused by the dependence on the type of disease; but obstruction may include

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  • ductal strictures - parasitic infestation - bacterial infection - stones - neoplasm
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How is cholangitis identified?

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  • oriental sclerosing cholangitis -AIDS “” - acute obstructive suppurative “”
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What does cholangitis cause?

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  • increased pressure on biliary tree w/pus accumulation
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What lab values are associated w/ cholangitis?

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  • increase in a.) alk phos b.) bilirubin
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Which two cholangitis diseases have identical ultrasonic intrahepatic biliary changes?

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  • sclerosing - aids
89
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Decompression of what is necessary in cholangitis

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  • decompression of CBD
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What are the sonographic findings of cholangitis?

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  • smooth/irregular wall thickening of CBD - CBD wall so thin- diff. to recognize
91
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Choledocholithiasis

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  • stones in the CBD
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The majority of stones in the CBD have migrated from where?

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Choledocholithiasis is usually associated w/ what other GB disease?

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  • calculous cholecystitis
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Choledocholithiasis- sonographic findings

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  • impacted @ ampulla of Vater - hyperechoic density w/in CBD producing shadowing
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Causes of shadowing

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  • calcifications of small vascular structures - air/gas in duodenum= dirty - Intrabiliary gas= pneumobilia
96
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Which biliary diesease is congenital?

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  • Caroli’s disease
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What is Caroli’s disease?

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  • communicating cavernous ectasia of intrahepatic ducts= dilated or extended ducts
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How is Caroli’s disease described?

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  • congenital segmental saccular cystic dilation of major intrahepatic bile ducts
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What is the the Caroli’s disease common in whom?

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  • younger adults - pediatric
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Caroli’s Disease- Symptoms

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  • reoccurring cramp-like upper abd. pain
101
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How does milk of calcium bile occur?

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  • GB becomes filled w/ pasty semi-solid substance
102
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What is milk of calcium bile mostly made up of?

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  • calcium carbonate
103
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Milk of calcium bile is often associated w/

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  • bile stasis
104
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What other GB disease may milk of calcium bile cause?

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  • acute cholecystitis - migrate into bile ducts
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Milk of Calcium bile- sonographic appearance

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  • highly echogenic material - posterior acoustic shadowing
106
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Posterior acoustic shadowing forming a level w/ different patient positioning may indicate what?

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  • milk of calcium bile
107
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What does sludge occur from?

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Bile Stasis

108
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What is bile stasis?

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When bile cannot flow from liver to duodenum; GB is not contracting

109
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Sludge may be seen in patients w/?

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  • prolonged fasting - hyperalimentation - obstruction of GB
110
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Alimenation, what is it?

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admin. of nutrients by IV feeding

111
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Where is sludge usually found in?

112
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Sludge- Sonographic Findings

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  • low level internal echoes
113
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What other disease may sludge be seen in?

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  • cholelithiasis - Cholecystitis etc.
114
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What disease occurred from bile stasis will mimic polypoid tumors?

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  • Tumefactive sludge
115
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What is it called when sludge in GB is isoechoic w/liver?

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Hepatization

116
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Adenomyomatosis- definition

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small polypoid projections from the GB wall

117
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Causes of GB wall thickening

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  • cholecystitis - adenomyomatosis - AIDS - Cholangiopathy - Sclerosing cholangitis
118
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What is Sclerosing cholangitis

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bile dues narrow

119
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What is cholangiopathy

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any disease of the bile ducts

120
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Which diseases are an inflammation of the GB?

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  • Acute & Chronic Cholecystitis - Acalculous - Emphysematous - Gangrenous
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Unique about Acalculous?

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  • w/out a stone
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Unique about Emphysematous

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  • Gas in GB–> ring down artifact
123
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Which inflammatory disease creates usually creates a cystic duct obstruction?

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  • Acute cholecystitis
124
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Acute Cholecystitis- Symptoms

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  • acute RUQ pain - + murphy’s sign - Fever - Leukocytosis
125
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Acute -cystisis complications =

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  • Empyema - Emphysematous - Gangrenous - Perforation
126
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Murphy’s sign definition:

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+ sign implies tenderness over GB area upon palpation (touched)

127
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What is empyema?

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  • collection of pus
128
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Acute Cholecystisis - Sonographic findings

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  • irregular GB wall - sonolucent area w/ thick wall - Hydrop - + Murphy sign - Pericholecystic fluid ( can be there or not)
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Sludge definiton:

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low- level echoes found along posterior margin of GB

130
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Hydrop definition:

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enlargment of GB

131
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Describe the presence of pericholecystic fluid

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  • inflammed wall & swelling w/leakage into pericholecystic space–> space surrounding GB
132
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What is perforation

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  • hole; piercing; aperature; could be row of small holes - Whole/opening in the GB wall
133
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What feeds the GB?

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  • cystic artery
134
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What non-biliary diseases may sludge be found in?

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  • hepatitis - severe hypoalbuminec states
135
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What disease is the most common form of inflammation?

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  • chronic cholecystitis
136
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What is chronic- cystitis

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  • end result of acute -cystitis
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Chronic -cystitis – sonographic findings

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  • cholelithiasis- found in contracted GB w/ coarse GB wall thickening - WES
138
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WES- definition:

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Sonographic pattern found when GB packed w/stones

139
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What is acalculous - cystitis

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  • acute infl. w/out stones (cholelithiasis)
140
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What type of patients would most likely have a decrease in blood flow of the cystic artery? What GB disease could they develop?

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  • Trauma - Burn - Post OP *** Acalculous -cystitis
141
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What is the measurment of an acalculous- cystitis wall?

142
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Which inflammatory GB disease is rapidly progressive and fatal?

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Emphysematous -cystitis

143
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50 % of patients have this GB disease

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Emphysematous Cholecystitis

144
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Which inflammatory GB disease may lead to perforation?

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Gangrenous -cystitis

145
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Gangrenous -cystitis caused by?

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  • prolonged infection
146
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What are other clinical factors of cholelithiasis

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  • pregnancy -diabetes -oral contraceptive use -diet induced weight loss - total parenteral nutrition (coma pts)
147
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When do patients w/-lithiasis start to experience symptoms

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  • small stone lodges in the cystic or common duct
148
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What portion of the GB should stones shift after changing patient positions

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  • dependent portion of the GB (closest to earth)
149
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Which type of reflections affect shadowing the most?

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  • specular reflection
150
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What is the shadow of the gallstone from

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  • acoustic impedance - Refraction through them or diffraction around them
151
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What type of stones will not cast an acoustic shadow?

152
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Shadow is dependent on what/

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  • relationship b/w stone & sound beam
153
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Which biliary disease causes wall abnormality, weakness, & outpouching of the ductal walls?

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Choledochal cysts

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Choledocal cysts cause?

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pancreatic juices refluxing into bile duct

155
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What would cause pancreatic juices to reflux into the bile duct? What GB disease is this?

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  • b/c an anomalous junction of pancreatic duct into distal CBD - Choledochal cysts
156
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Choledochal cysts may be associated w/?

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  • stones - pancreatitis - cirrhosis
157
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How are -dochal cysts classified?

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  • localize cystic dilation of CBD - sac from CBD (diverti) -invag (outpouch) CBD into duo - dilation of entire CBD &CHD

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