OBJECTIVE We wanted to describe the computed tomography (CT) findings of gallbladder tuberculosis (TB) and to correlate them with pathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS There were seven patients (M:F = 3:4; mean age, 46.3 years; age range, 32 to 78 years) in whom gallbladder TB was eventually diagnosed. All of them underwent cross-sectional imaging with CT, a pathologic examination and a ...

  Introduction: Despite presence of a body of evidence in support of high accuracy of cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy (CCK-CS) , for diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis(CC) , some authors have claimed that  gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF)  has poor predictive diagnostic values. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is any difference in GBEF between...

Inverse estimation of biomechanical parameters of soft tissues from non-invasive measurements has clinical significance in patient-specific modelling and disease diagnosis. In this paper, we propose a fully nonlinear approach to estimate the mechanical properties of the human gallbladder wall muscles from in vivo ultrasound images. The iteration method consists of a forward approach, in which t...

fundal gallbladder abnormalities result from broad spectrum of pathologic that most of them have no pathological significance and normally causes no symptoms. conversely, early incidental detection of malignant lesions is important because symptomatic lesions are often incurable. so use proper imaging to differentiate between them is important. although ultrasound has been the choice screen met...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare and constitutes only 0.5-3% of all malignancies of this organ. Most of the reported cases have had a component of adenocarcinoma. We report a 70-year-old man who presented with acute onset right upper quadrant pain. He operated on based on a presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis according to clinical and ultrasonographic findings. Histop...

introduction: despite presence of a body of evidence in support of high accuracy of cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy (cck-cs) , for diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis(cc) , some authors have claimed that  gallbladder ejection fraction (gbef)  has poor predictive diagnostic values. the purpose of this study was to determine if there is any difference in gbef between normal individuals and patie...

squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare and constitutes only 0.5-3% of all malignancies of this organ. most of the reported cases have had a component of adenocarcinoma. we report a 70-year-old man who presented with acute onset right upper quadrant pain. he operated on based on a presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis according to clinical and ultrasonographic findings. histop...

Malignant melanoma is characterized by the ability of diffuse metastases. Since the first report of an isolated malignant melanoma case of the gallbladder, it is already controversial whether isolated cases are metastatic or primary tumors. A 49-year-old woman appealed to the emergency unit because of abdominal pain. Ultrasonography revealed increased thickness of the gallbladder wall and a les...

We report a case of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) that was diagnosed preoperatively by means of ultrasonography (US) with the contrast-enhancement agent Sonazoid after a false-positive result had been obtained with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). A 69-year-old woman was admitted because of right upper quadrant pain. Blood tests revealed a serum C...