Pancreatitis
Clinical
Acute pancreatitis is most commonly caused by alcohol abuse or a gallstone impacted in the distal common bile duct. Inflammatory changes vary from mild interstitial edema to extensive necrosis with hemorrhage. Patient usually presents with deep epigastric pain that radiates to the back, nausea, vomiting, abdominal tenderness, fever, leuckocytosis, and [...]
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Ultrasound lectures 9 (Pancreatitis)
Posted by admin on Kasım 28th, 2009
Posted in Emergency, medicine, radiologic emergencies, radiology 
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Posted by admin on Kasım 6th, 2009
Biliary Dilatation
Clinical
US is approximately 90% accurate in differentiating obstructive from non-obstructive jaundice by depicting the presence of biliary dilatation. Causes for biliary dilatation are impacted gallstone in CBD or at ampulla, benign stricture, pancreatic carcinoma , cholangitis, biliary surgery, and chronic pancreatitis.
In the transverse image, the common bile [...]
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Posted by admin on Ekim 19th, 2009
Acute Cholecystitis
Clinical
Acute cholecystits is most commonly casued by impaction of a gallstone in the gallbladder (GB) neck obstructing the GB and resulting in inflammation of the GB wall. Ischemia and infection may result. Patients present with pain, right upper quadrant tenderness, and leukocytosis. About 70% of [...]
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Posted by admin on Ekim 17th, 2009
Gallstones
Clinical
Gallstones affect 10-15% of the population and are a major cause of gallbladder (GB) morbidity. Symptomatic gallstones presents with characteristic right upper quadrant discomfort or pain (biliary colic). Most gallstones are mixtures of cholesterol, calcium bilirubinate, and calcium carbonate.
Normal appearing gallbladder indicated between arrows.
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