Cotton ball sign (gallbladder)
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Nobles S, Worsley C, Cotton ball sign (gallbladder). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-180444
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21 Dec 2023,
Sarah Nobles
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At the time the article was created Sarah Nobles had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.
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The cotton ball sign refers to imaging characteristics of fundal adenomyomatosis as seen on contrast-enhanced CT. The sign refers to thickened, fuzzy, enhancing gallbladder fundus, reminiscent of a cotton ball 1,2.
References
- 1. Bijnens P & Van Berkel B. The "Cotton Ball Sign" of the Galbladder. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023;48(8):2757-8. doi:10.1007/s00261-023-03952-8 - Pubmed
- 2. Yang H, Lee J, Yu M et al. CT Diagnosis of Gallbladder Adenomyomatosis: Importance of Enhancing Mucosal Epithelium, the “cotton Ball Sign”. Eur Radiol. 2018;28(9):3573-82. doi:10.1007/s00330-018-5412-4 - Pubmed
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