Gallbladder/Biliary Tree Pathology

Question 1

The inflammation of the gallbladder without association of gallstones

Answer 1

Acalculous Cholecystitis

Question 2

The sudden onset of gallbladder inflammation

Answer 2

Acute cholecystitis

Question 3

Benign hyperplasia of the gallbladder wall

Answer 3

Adenomyomatosis

Question 4

The presence of gallstone(s) within the biliary tree

Answer 4

Choledocholithiasis

Question 5

Gallstone(s)

Answer 5

Cholelithiasis

Question 6

The twisting of the vascular supply to the gallbladder

Answer 6

Gallbladder torsion

Question 7

A condition that results from the disturbance in cholesterol metabolism and accumulation of cholesterol typically within a focal region of the gallbladder wall; may be diffuse and referred to as a strawberry gallbladder

Answer 7

Cholesterolosis

Question 8

Situation in which the gallbladder is completely filled with tumefactive sludge causing the gallbladder to appear isoechoic to the liver tissue

Answer 8

Hepatization of the gallbladder

Question 9

An enlarged gallbladder; also referred to as mucocele of the gallbladder

Answer 9

Hydropic gallbladder

Question 10

The calcification of all or part of the gallbladder wall

Answer 10

Porcelain Gallbladder

Question 11

Complication of acute cholecystitis characterized by pus accumulation within the gallbladder

Answer 11

Suppurative cholecystitis