Significance of Preoperative Ultrasound Measurement of Gallbladder Wall...

The American Surgeon;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......measurement of the thickness of the gallbladder wall yield any significant information...measurement of the diameter of the gallbladder wall. The entire series of cholecystectomies...ultrasound measured diameter of the gallbladder wall. A thin gallbladder wall was ...

Q: WHAT ARE GALLBLADDER POLYPS?

The Boston Globe;  March 9, 2004 ;     284 words ......does. Polyps are different. True polyps are growths in the gallbladder wall. They tend to occur in people in their 70s and 80s and...not living tissue - that is just lightly embedded in the gallbladder wall. These so-called polyps are benign and don't usually cause...

Acalculous cholecystitis.

American Family Physician;  April 1, 1989 ;     196 words ......reveals pathologic changes of inflammation throughout the small arterioles of the gallbladder wall. Interruption of the blood supply to the gallbladder wall is followed by ischemia, gangrene and perforation of the gallbladder. According...

Adenomatous Hyperplasia of the Gallbladder

Journal of the National Medical Association;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......gallbladder, a moderately thickened gallbladder wall at 4.5 mm and a moderately dilated...ultrasound can reveal a thickened gallbladder wall; cholelithiasis is variable. Diagnosis...performed a retrospective study evaluating gallbladder wall thickening in 342 patients who had...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in dengue hemorrhagic fever

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  November 1, 2007 ;     685 words ......Ultrasonography showed a thickened gallbladder wall [Figure 1]. He was diagnosed as having...Ultrasonography showed thickened gallbladder wall. A final diagnosis of DHF with AAC...patients had upper abdominal pain, gallbladder wall thickening and transient rebound tenderness...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in young patients without predisposing...

The American Surgeon;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......tree, but did show thickening of the gallbladder wall. The bile ducts were within normal...scan also demonstrated a thickened gallbladder wall with pericholecystic fluid. At surgery...a normal pancreas with a thickened gallbladder wall and pericholecystic fluid. There were...

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the gallbladder: Case report and review...

The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......colon as well as thickening of the gallbladder wall. A biopsy of the mass revealed a malignant...a solid gray-yellowish color. The gallbladder wall was remarkably thick at the fundus...that the mass involved the entire gallbladder wall and extended to the colon serosa...

Porcelain gallbladder is not associated with gallbladder carcinoma

The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......cholecystitis and partial calcification of the gallbladder wall. Nine (60%) had cholelithiasis. None...carbonate, which precipitates in the gallbladder wall." Other hypotheses suggest that intramural...with subsequent calcification of the gallbladder wall. Still others suggest ...

Papillary Carcinomas of the Gallbladder: Analysis of Noninvasive and...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......papillary carcinomas confined to the gallbladder wall was 52%, while the 10-year relative...nonpapillary carcinomas confined to the gallbladder wall was 30%. Conclusion.-Noninvasive papillary...survival rate for tumors confined to the gallbladder wall was 52%, while the 10-year ...

MR Cholangiography for Diagnosing Acute Cholecystitis.(magnetic resonance)

American Family Physician;  February 15, 1999 ;     592 words ......this reason, other signs, such as gallbladder wall thickness, fluid collection and enlargement...surgical findings with respect to gallbladder wall thickness and the presence and location...surgically confirmed thickening of the gallbladder wall, ultrasonography demonstrated a ...

Gallbladder Hypokinesia: An Unusual Cause of Duodenal Obstruction

The American Surgeon;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......abdomen was negative for gallstones or thickening of the gallbladder wall (Figs. and 2). The common bile duct was normal. A CT scan...reveal any intra-abdominal abcess. No thickening of the gallbladder wall or pericystic fluid was observed. A cholecystokin (CCK...

Incidental gallbladder carcinoma associated with a cholecystoduodenal...

Military Medicine;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Inflammation and gangrene may develop in a portion of the gallbladder wall, causing the gallbladder to adhere to adjacent structures...tendency to adhere to the duodenum. Subsequent necrosis of the gallbladder wall produces a fistulous tract and allows passage of the stone...

Does gallbladder ejection fraction predict pathology after elective...

The American Surgeon;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and occasional extension into the gallbladder wall. Grade 2 showed moderate inflammatory...distribution often extending into the gallbladder wall. Grade 3 showed many inflammatory...distribution in the mucosa and the gallbladder wall. The gallbladder ejection fractions...

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Successfully Treated by Surgery...

The American Surgeon;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Abdominal CT and MRI showed diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall with hepatic infiltration and enlargement of a cystic lymph...firm circumferential mass measuring 6.4 4.0 cm, and the gallbladder wall was up to 1.8 cm thick (Fig. 1). Although the tumor infiltrated...

Ultrasound is not a useful screening tool for acute acalculous...

The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......trauma center were reviewed. Thickened gallbladder wall, pericholecystic fluid and emphysematous...of sludge, hydrops, and thickened gallbladder wall-also known as the classic triad-are...acute cholecystitis included thickened gallbladder wall (>3.5 mm), pericholecystic fluid...