Acute calculous cholecystitis

Case contributed by Abdallah Mohamed , 6 Dec 2019
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Abdallah Mohamed, 9 Dec 2019

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CT is not routinely done for suspected cholecystitis and usually reserved to detected complication such as gangrenous or emphysematous transformation and pericholecystic abscesses. 

Features of calculous cholecystitis in CT are similar to that detected in ultrasound such as detection of intraluminal gallstones, wall thickening and edema, pericholecystic fluid.

  • +<p>CT is not routinely done for suspected cholecystitis and usually reserved to detected complication such as gangrenous or emphysematous transformation and pericholecystic abscesses. </p><p>Features of calculous cholecystitis in CT are similar to that detected in ultrasound such as detection of intraluminal gallstones, wall thickening and edema, pericholecystic fluid.</p>

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