Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Pathology Study Guide
Typical US image of acute cholecystitis, demonstrating gallbladder swelling, wall thickening with sonolucent layers, massive debris, and the stone impaction in the cystic duct. New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis in revised Tokyo Guidelines. Yokoe M, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Büchler MW, Kiriyama S, Kimura Y, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Yamashita Y, Okamoto K, Gabata T, Hata J, Higuchi R, Windsor JA, Bornman PC, Fan ST, Singh H, de Santibanes E, Kusachi S, Murata A, Chen XP, Jagannath P, Lee S, Padbury R, Chen MF, Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committ - Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2012). Not Altered. CC.
Gallbladder and biliary tract pathology includes: Biliary atresia Gallstones Biliary colic Acute cholecystitis Chronic cholecystitis Ascending cholangitis Gallstone ileus Gallbladder carcinoma Biliary Atresia Biliary atresia is due to failure of biliary atresia to develop or early destruction of extrahepatic biliary…
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