Tensile gallbladder fundus sign
Last revised by Craig Hacking on 8 Feb 2023
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Dixon A, Hacking C, Hartung M, et al. Tensile gallbladder fundus sign. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 25 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-42331
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16 Jan 2016,
Andrew Dixon ◉
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The tensile gallbladder fundus sign is positive when the gallbladder fundus is seen to bulge into, and distort, the anterior abdominal wall and is a feature of acute cholecystitis.
It is particularly useful as an early sign of the condition on CT as it has around a 75% sensitivity and 95% specificity for acute cholecystitis in the absence of any other CT features 1.
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- 1. An C, Park S, Ko S et-al. Usefulness of the tensile gallbladder fundus sign in the diagnosis of early acute cholecystitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013;201 (2): 340-6. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9919 - Pubmed citation
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