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10 sie 2024 · Acute cholecystitis is a common cause of hospital admission and is responsible for approximately 3-10% of all patients with abdominal pain. Cholelithiasis is the major risk factor and causes up to 95% of cases 14. Other risk factors include AIDS, fibrate use, and ascariasis.
17 mar 2021 · Acute cholecystitis refers to the acute inflammation of the gallbladder. It is the primary complication of cholelithiasis and the most common cause of acute pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ).
2 cze 2024 · Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder commonly caused by an obstruction of the cystic duct by a gallstone. Clinically it typically presents with right upper quadrant pain, elevated biliary enzymes and an elevated white blood cell count.
Cholecystitis (ko-luh-sis-TIE-tis) is inflammation of the gallbladder. It usually occurs when drainage from the gallbladder becomes blocked (often from a gallstone). It may be acute (come on suddenly) and cause severe pain in the upper abdomen.
CT has a relatively high negative predictive value, and acute cholecystitis is unlikely in the setting of a negative CT. Complications of acute cholecystitis have a characteristic CT appearance and include necrosis, perforation, abscess formation, intraluminal hemorrhage, and wall emphysema.
23 lis 2012 · Emphysematous cholecystitis is typically diagnosed on CT by the presence of intraluminal or intramural gas, which may be mistaken for calculi or porcelain gallbladder on ultrasound (hyperechoic reverberation artifact) or MRI (signal void) [7, 18] (Figs. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7A, and 7B).
Typical CT findings of acute cholecystitis have been described as gallstones, high-attenuated bile, gallbladder distension, increased wall thickening, increased wall enhancement, mural striation, pericholecystic stranding or fluid, and increased hyperenhancement of the adjacent liver.
