The interrupted rim sign in acute cholecystitis: a method to identify the gangrenous form with MRI.
We present the imaging findings on MR of a patient with acute gangrenous cholecystitis that demonstrated patchy enhancement of the gallbladder mucosa on gadolinium-enhanced fat-saturated T1-weighted gradient echo images. This interrupted rim of mucosal enhancement correlated with patchy areas of necrosis and inflammation of the gallbladder mucosa on the histopathological examination.
Pedrosa
Ivan
I
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. ipedrosa@caregroup.harvard.edu
Guarise
Alessandro
A
Goldsmith
Jeffrey
J
Procacci
Carlo
C
Rofsky
Neil M
NM
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005734:Gangrene / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis