title: Imaging benign and malignant disease of the gallbladder.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. RMGore1953@aol.com
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yaghmai
authors.forename: Geraldine M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Newmark
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: Frank H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: 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