Gallbladder disease in pregnancy.
Cholecystosonography was performed on 338 obstetric patients, and the gallbladder was successfully visualized in 93% of them. Gallbladder volume increased with duration of pregnancy. Three and one-half percent of the patients had obvious cholelithiasis, and a total of 4.2% had abnormalities. These findings suggest that cholecystosonography should become part of the routine obstetric ultrasound examination.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014463:Ultrasonography