title: Cholecystitis: diagnosis by MR imaging.
abstract: Morphologic features which allow the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis by ultrasound and CT have now been observed by MR. When present, thickening of the gallbladder wall, intramural abscess, pericholecystic fluid, and the presence of gallstones may be more specific than MR characterization of gallbladder bile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weissleder
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Simeone
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ferrucci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male