Case report: torsion of the gall-bladder on ultrasound--differentiation from acalculous cholecystitis.
Acalculous cholecystitis is usually seen in critically-ill patients while torsion of the gall-bladder tends to arise de novo, pre-disposed to by an absent mesentery. There are ultrasonic features in common but the most useful distinguishing finding is the sign of the 'floating gall-bladder'. A case is reported and the ultrasound literature reviewed.
Department of Radiology, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, London.
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Cameron
T J
TJ
Beale
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RH
Pearson
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography