Chole-diseases Flashcards

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10% are radiopaque

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cholesterol gallstones on US

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2
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Ultrasonography is best diagnostic test.

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cholelithiasis

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3
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seen as well as an “acoustic shadow” that they cast

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cholesterol gallstones (cholelithiasis) on US

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4
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may be used to assess the patency of the cystic duct and gallbladder emptying function.

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HIDA in the case of cholesterol gallstones (cholelithiasis) largely replaced by US however

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5
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most likely seen on plain abdominal x-ray (or KUB-kidney/ureter/bladder x-ray) and described as a calcified gallbladder at risk of gallbladder cancer

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porcealin gallbladder

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6
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cystic duct

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acute cholecystitis

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7
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Calculous cholecystitis

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cholecystitis- false acute cholecystitis

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8
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Acalculous cholecystitis

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true cholecystitis

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9
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gallbladder infections

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gallbladder infections (E. Coli, Enterococci, Clostridium, Bacteroides fragilis, Streptococcus, Salmonella, or Vibrio cholerae),

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