title: Ultrasonic evaluation of the gallbladder in sickle cell disease.
abstract: The gallbladder is frequently diseased in sickle cell anemia. The distinction between cholecystitis and the abdominal crisis of sickle cell disease is difficult to make. Ultrasonography permits a rapid evaluation of the gallbladder in sickle cell disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography