Items tagged “gallstones”
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Article
Mirizzi syndrome
Mirizzi syndrome refers to an uncommon phenomenon that results in extrinsic compression of an extrahepatic biliary duct from one or more calculi within the cystic duct or gallbladder. It is a functional hepatic syndrome but can often present with biliary duct dilatation and can mimic other hepat...
Case
Cholecystolithiasis
Published
28 Jan 2010
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CT
Case
Mixed density gallstones in hepatic steatosis
Published
22 Sep 2011
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CT
Case
Barrel gallstone
Published
15 Feb 2012
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MRI
Case
Compression fracture
Published
04 Nov 2012
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X-ray
CT
Article
Gallstones
Gallstones, also called cholelithiasis, are concretions that may occur anywhere within the biliary system, most commonly within the gallbladder.
Terminology
Gallstones (cholelithiasis) describe stone formation at any point along the biliary tree. Specific names can be given to gallstones depe...
Case
WES sign
Published
20 Feb 2013
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Ultrasound
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Wall-echo-shadow sign (ultrasound)
The wall-echo-shadow sign (also known as WES sign) is an ultrasonographic finding within the gallbladder fossa referring to the appearance of a "wall-echo-shadow":
a curvilinear hyperechogenic line representing the gallbladder wall
a thin hypoechoic space representing a small amount of bi...
Case
Common bile duct and cystic duct calculi
Published
07 Nov 2013
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MRI
Fluoroscopy
Article
Rolling stone sign
The rolling stone sign refers to the presence of gallstones within the gallbladder that are mobile when the patient moves.
Small gallstones can sometimes be difficult to diagnose due to the absence of posterior shadow artefact but the presence of a rolling stone sign increases the confidence of...
Case
Cholelithiasis - acoustic shadowing
Published
05 Feb 2014
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Ultrasound
Case
Mirizzi syndrome
Published
27 May 2015
95% complete
CT
Case
Gallstones (MRCP)
Published
02 Sep 2016
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MRI
Case
Gallstone-in-gallstone
Published
26 Jul 2017
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CT
Case
Choledocholithiasis
Published
04 Jan 2020
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CT
MRI
Case
Lemmel syndrome
Published
25 Jun 2023
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CT
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