High density bile in the gallbladder observed by computed tomography.
In eight of 620 computed tomographic examinations of the gallbladder the density of bile was higher than that of the liver. In three the bile density increased and in one it decreased on serial studies. Four of these eight patients had hepatocellular carcinoma.
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D001646:Bile; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D002765:Cholecystography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed