Chole-diseases Flashcards
10% are radiopaque
cholesterol gallstones on US
Ultrasonography is best diagnostic test.
cholelithiasis
seen as well as an “acoustic shadow” that they cast
cholesterol gallstones (cholelithiasis) on US
may be used to assess the patency of the cystic duct and gallbladder emptying function.
HIDA in the case of cholesterol gallstones (cholelithiasis) largely replaced by US however
most likely seen on plain abdominal x-ray (or KUB-kidney/ureter/bladder x-ray) and described as a calcified gallbladder at risk of gallbladder cancer
porcealin gallbladder
cystic duct
acute cholecystitis
Calculous cholecystitis
cholecystitis- false acute cholecystitis
Acalculous cholecystitis
true cholecystitis
gallbladder infections
gallbladder infections (E. Coli, Enterococci, Clostridium, Bacteroides fragilis, Streptococcus, Salmonella, or Vibrio cholerae),