Cholecystitis
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Weerakkody Y, Jones J, Sharma R, et al. Cholecystitis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-17291
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At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.
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At the time the article was last revised Jeremy Jones had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.
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Synonyms:
- Cholecystitis - general
- Gall bladder inflammation
Cholecystitis refers to any form of inflammation involving the gallbladder and has many forms, including:
Its epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathology, and radiographic features are dependent on the actual etiology.
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References
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- 2. Cooperberg P & Gibney R. Imaging of the Gallbladder, 1987. Radiology. 1987;163(3):605-13. doi:10.1148/radiology.163.3.3554340 - Pubmed
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- Point-of-care ultrasound (curriculum)
- Gallstones
- CA 19-9
- Acute cholecystitis
- Actinomycosis of the gallbladder
- Acute acalculous cholecystitis
- Microgallbladder
- Disseminated histoplasmosis
- IgG4-related disease
- Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm
- Chronic cholecystitis
- Sentinel loop
- Cholecystectomy
- Portal venous gas
- Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
- Gallbladder carcinoma
- Mirizzi syndrome
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- Low back pain
Cases:
- Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
- Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm
- Xanthogranulomatous calculous cholecystitis
- Acute calculous cholecystitis
- Acute haemorrhagic cholecystitis and situs inversus
- Gallbladder adenomyomatosis with focal cholecystitis
- Cholelithiasis
- Gallbladder remnant cholecystitis
- Biliary cholelithiasis
- Gallbladder hydrops
- Normal HIDA scan
- Acute cholecystitis with tensile gallbladder fundus sign
- Acute calculous cholecystitis
- Normal HIDA scan
- Emphysematous cholecystitis
- Type IV variant biliary anatomy with cholelithiasis, cholecystitis and dilated right sided biliary radicals.
- Acute cholecystitis
- Pancolitis in a familial Mediterranean fever patient
- Wandering liver, dolichosigma, and paravertebral mass
- Gallbladder remnant cholelithiasis and cholecystitis
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