title: Hemorrhagic cholecystitis. Sonographic appearance and clinical presentation.
abstract: In this retrospective study of 19 patients with hemorrhagic cholecystitis, 14 (74%) patients demonstrated one of the following unusual sonographic features: focal gallbladder wall irregularity; intraluminal membranes; coarse, nonshadowing, nonmobile intraluminal echoes. The clinical presentation of these cases (abdominal pain, 100%; leukocytosis, 74%; fever, 63%) is identical to the classic presentation of acute cholecystitis. Overt gastrointestinal bleeding did not occur.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chinn
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piper
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography