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Summary:

• Radiopaedia case ID: 48250
• Image ID: 25303131
• Image stack position: 16/16
• Study description: US Liver and Bliary tree
• Study findings: The liver has normal sonographic appearances, with no evidence of focal lesions or intrahepatic biliary dilatation. The gallbladder demonstrates ill-defined wall thickening and surrounding fat stranding; small calcification present within the gallbladder wall. No evidence of gallstones. The common biliary duct measures up to for millimeters in caliber. The pancreas was obscured by overlying bowel gas.
• Modality: Ultrasound
• System: Hepatobiliary
• Findings: A moderate amount of pericholecystic free fluid surrounding the gallbladder with mural enhancement and surrounding fat stranding. No free gas to suggest perforation. No cholelithiasis identified. The gallbladder is not distended. No intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile duct dilatation. No portal vein thrombosis identified. The liver, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, small and large bowel are unremarkable.
• Published: 27th Sep 2016
• Source: https://radiopaedia.org/cases/acute-acalculous-cholecystitis-2
• Author: Bruno Di Muzio
• Permission: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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