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acute cholecystitis (medicine)


acute cholecystitis
<radiology> 80-95% secondary to cystic duct obstruction by gallstone, 5-6th decade; 75% female ultrasound (sensitivity 85-95%; specificity 64-100%): gall bladder wall thickening (greater than3mm), halo sign = gall bladder wall lucency (in 70%), gall bladder hydrops = AP diameter more than 5cm, sonographic Murphy sign (85%), pericholecystic fluid, hepatobiliary scan (95% accuracy): nonvisualization of gallbladder complications: gangrene, irregular wall (ulcers, intraluminal hemmorhage, necrosis), hyperechoic foci within gall bladder wall (microabscesses in Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses), perforation (5-10%): most commonly in fundus, empyema: gravity dependent debris