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What is the most common disease of the gallbladder?

A

Cholelithiasis—-or stones

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Are gallstones mobile or do they stay put when you roll the patient?

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they are mobile

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What type of patients are at risk for gallstones?

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patients that have impaired gallbladder motility and bile stasis.

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What is the Five F’s and what are they associated with?

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Fat
Female
Forty
Fertile
Flatulent

Cholelithiasis.

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Describe the symtpoms of someone with cholelithiasis?

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  • Asymptomatic or RUQ pain radiating to the shoulder

- N/V

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What lab values will be increased with cholelithiasis?

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Lipase, amylase, LFT, Bilirubin, AST and ALT

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What are the sonographic findings of cholelithiasis?

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Echogenic stones that cause shadowing and are mobile. Wall could be thickened or have the WES sign

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What is sludge?

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thickened echogenic bile from bile stasis

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T/F

Sludge is gravity dependent.

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True

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T/F

Sludge does not move with the patients position.

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False , it DOES move with the patient position.

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Sludge common in found in patients that have________ and _________

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fasting and hyperalimentation

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DO NOT confuse a sludge ball with a mass.

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No question just know it :)

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The GB is considered thickened if it is more than __ mm parallel to the liver parenchyma.

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3 mm

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You should measure ___ wall to _____ wall,

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outer to outer

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Wall thickening can be indicative of _____

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cholecystitis

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What are some diagnosis’ for patients with wall thickening?

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cholecystitis, adenomyomatosis, CA, hepatitis, pancreatitis, heart failure..

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What is acalculous cholecystitits?

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cholecystitits without the presence of stones

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What is emphysematous cholecystitis?

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gas forming bacteria in the gallbladder wall.

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What types of cholecystitis will have abnormal LFTs and increased pancreatic enzymes?

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Acute, Chronic, and Acalculous

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What is the most common cause of acute cholecystitis?

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cholelithiasis

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F/T

Acute cholecystitis is worse in males then it is in females.

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True

It is more common in females but is worse in males.

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Patients with acute cholecystitis are at risk for ________ _______?

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Gallbladder rupture

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What are the symptoms of acute cholecystitis?

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sudden RUQ pain, POSTIVE MURPHY SIGN, fever and WBC

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What is the murphy sign?

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When the patient gasps in exruciating pain while we are scanning over it.

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Pericholecystits fluid is indicitive of __________
cholecystitis.
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What is the sonographic findings of Cholecystitis?
- thickened wall - pericholecystits abscess - Enlarged GB - pericholecystic fluid.
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T/F Stones in the cystitc duct will cause back pain.
True
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Multiple attacks of acute cholecystitis leads to ____________ cholecystitis
chronic cholecystitis
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What sign is most common with chronic cholecystitis? What is it?
WES Sign. (GB packed with stones) Wall Echo Shadow
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Acalculous (cholecystitis without stones) is common in patients in the ____ of the hospital because they are long term.
ICU
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T/F With ascites the GB wall will not be inflamed?
FALSE it will be inflamed
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A type of cholecystitis in which gas invades the GB wall and lumen and also in the biliary ducts. It is a bacterial invasion.
Emphysematous Cholecystitis
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Emphysematous cholecystitis has the ring down effect on ultrasound T/F
True
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A person with ______ is more at risk for the air forming bacteria of emphysematous cholecystitis.
Diabetes.
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The gallbladder wall is thickened and edematous with focal areas of hemorrhage and necrosis. The patient will have more abdominal pain instead of a positive murphy sign.
Gangrenous Cholecystitis.
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What are the symptoms of choledochal cysts
jaundice, abdominal mass, pain and fever
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Increased bilirubin will be seen in choledochal cysts T/F
true
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Choledochal cysts are associated with what three things?
Stones, pancreatitis & cirrhosis.
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Papillomas adherent to the walls that are benign and present with a comet tail artifact. Patient is asymptomatic What is this diagnosis?
Adenomyomatosis
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What is also known as the strawberry GB and why?
Cholesterolosis because of the cholesterol deposits that are attatched with a stalk within the mucosa
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When scanning a gallbladder adenoma (which is benign but can turn malignant), what should we be looking for?
calcifications, edema, and walll thickening.
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What is a porcelain GB? Is it asymptomatic or does the patient feel pain?
calcium buildup in the GB wall asymptomatic
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What is the most common cancer of the biliary tract and where are they usually found?
Gallbladder carcinoma. Most commonly found in the fundus.
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What are some factors that can cause gallbladder carcinoma? Is it more common in males or females?
Gallstones, chronic cholecystitis, porcelain GB, exposure to carcinogens, and blood groups. Females
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What are some sonographic findings of GB carcinoma?
heterogenous, wall thickened, edematous GB, dilated ducts, liver parenchyma is heterogenous often with stones.
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What sign is associated with ductal dilation?
the double barrel sign
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Carcinoma, stone in duct, or stricture from chronic pancreatitis What type of dilation are these causing?
Intrapancreatic obstruction
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malignancy or adenopathy between pancreas and PV What type of dilation are these causing?
suprapancreatic obstruction
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mass, CBD will be normal with intrahepatic dilation What type of dilation are these causing?
porta hepatic obstruction
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Carcinoma of ducts, isolated intrahepatic ductal dilation What type of dilation are these causing?
cholangiocarcinoma.
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inflammation of the bile ducts The patient will have a fever, lethargy, sweating, shivering, bacterial infection or obstruction Sonographically the ductal wall will look thickened and edematous
Cholangitis
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stones in the bile duct or ampulla of Vater
choledocholithiasis.
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Obstruction in the distal end of the CBD with an enlargement of the GB Patient presents with jaundice
Courvoisier GB
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What are some risk factors for developing gallstones?
family history, diet induced weightloss , pregnancy, diabetes, estrogen use and oral contraceptive use.
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Is acalculous cholecystitis more often found in male or female patients?
males.
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Is emphysematous cholecystitis more commonly found in female or male patients?
male patients
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What is a complication of emphysematous cholecystitis?
the development of gangrene in gallbladder and gallbladder rupturing
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Which type of cholecystitis has an increased morbidity and mortality rate?
gangrenous cholecystitis
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What are two types of hyperplastic cholecytosis?
adenomyomatosis and cholesterolosis
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When does gallbladder perforation usually occurs?
in the gallbladder fundus after cystic duct obstruction, gallbladder distention and necrosis.
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Can GB perforation be deadly?
UH YEAH.
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What artifact is associated with adenomyomatosis?
comet tail artifact
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Gallbladder polyps measuring more than ___ mm in size suggest malignancy
10
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What lab value will be elevated with choledocholithasis?
bilirubin levels
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Klatskin tumors are associated with which malignancy?
Cholangiocarcinoma (cancer in the biliary tract)
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What are the clinical findings of cholangiocarcinoma?
Painless jaundice (Laura :O), pruritus, abdomen pain, anorexia, and weight loss.
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Liver abscess have a high association with morbidity and mortality. T/F
True
68
I am a sheep herder. What liver mass am I usually associated with?
echinococcus tapeworm this is an inflammatory cystic reaction that may manifest as a cystic or complex lesion
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Hematomas are caused by trauma. T/F
true

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