title: The ultrasonic features of an unusual cholesterol gallstone.
abstract: We describe a cholesterol gallstone with an unusual macroscopic appearance and only mild acoustic shadowing on ultrasonography with a 3.5 MHz transducer used in vivo; there was greater shadowing using 5.0 and 7.5 Mhz transducters in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Slomic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol