Imaging benign and malignant disease of the gallbladder.
This article reviews the imaging of various benign and malignant diseases of the gallbladder. Clinical findings and imaging features using ultrasound, CT, and MR for the detection and evaluation of gallstones, acute cholecystitis, xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, adenomyomatosis, and carcinoma of the gallbladder among other disorders are discussed.
Gore
Richard M
RM
Department of Radiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. RMGore1953@aol.com
Yaghmai
Vahid
V
Newmark
Geraldine M
GM
Berlin
Jonathan W
JW
Miller
Frank H
FH
D002758:Cholangiography; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography