Complicated cholecystitis: The complementary roles of sonography and computed tomography

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-170

  Charalel, Resmi A ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a   Shin, Lewis K ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

complicated cholecystitis; gangrenous cholecystitis; hemorrhagic cholecystitis; perforated cholecystitis; sonographic Murphy sign

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPLICATED CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GANGRENE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052485900     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31822a33e8     Document Type: Review

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