[Acute cholecystitis using computed tomography: usefulness of the trabeculation of the peri-cholecystic adipose tissue].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the significance of pericholecystic fat stranding on CT, and to compare it to other CT findings in patients with acute cholecystitis.


METHODS
The CT examinations of 14 patients with proven acute cholecystitis were retrospectively reviewed and evaluated for the presence of findings consistent with this diagnosis.


RESULTS
The most common CT finding was stranding of the pericholecystic fat (13 patients), followed by gallbladder distension (11 patients). Pericholecystic or perihepatic fluid was present in 6 patients in association with severe acute cholecystitis (6 patients) and biliary peritonitis (2 patients).


CONCLUSIONS
Stranding of the pericholecystic fat was the most common CT findings in patients with acute cholecystitis, followed by gallbladder distension.
Service de Radiodiagnostic, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
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Aoun
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Smayra
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Haddad-Zebouni
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Slaba
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Ghossain
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Atallah
D000208:Acute Disease; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cholécystite aiguë en tomodensitométrie: utilité de la trabéculation de la graisse périvésiculaire.