Cholecystitis
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Planning
Choice of modality
- Right upper quadrant abdominal ultrasonography of cholecystitis is generally the first exam of choice.[1][2][3]
- Abdominal CT may be used if complications such as perforation or gangrene are suspected.[4] In adults, acute abdominal symptoms that are rather unspecific also indicate CT.
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
References
- ↑ Strasberg, SM (26 June 2008). "Clinical practice. Acute calculous cholecystitis. ". The New England Journal of Medicine 358 (26): 2804–11. doi:. PMID 18579815.
- ↑ "Revised estimates of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity in suspected biliary tract disease ". Arch. Intern. Med. 154 (22): 2573–81. November 1994. doi:. PMID 7979854.
- ↑ "The sensitivity of hepatobiliary imaging and real-time ultrasonography in the detection of acute cholecystitis ". Arch Surg 120 (8): 904–6. August 1985. doi:. PMID 3893388.
- ↑ Friedman L.S. (2015). Liver, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas Disorders. In Papadakis M.A., McPhee S.J., Rabow M.W. (Eds), Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2015
