Evaluation of early sonographic predictors of gangrenous cholecystitis: mucosal discontinuity and echogenic pericholecystic fat

Purpose To identify early sonographic features of gangrenous cholecystitis. Materials and methods 101 patients with acute cholecystitis and a pre-operative sonogram were retrospectively reviewed by three radiologists in this IRB-approved and HIPAA-compliant study. Imaging data were correlated with h...

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Published in:	Abdominal imaging 2022-03, Vol.47 (3), p.1061-1070
Main Authors:	Tse, Justin R., Gologorsky, Rebecca, Shen, Luyao, Bingham, David B., Jeffrey, R. Brooke, Kamaya, Aya
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Cholecystitis Confidence intervals Diabetes mellitus Discontinuity Gallbladder diseases Gangrene Gastroenterology Hepatobiliary Hepatology Imaging Likelihood ratio Males Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mucosa Patients Radiology Statistical analysis Striations
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Summary:	Purpose To identify early sonographic features of gangrenous cholecystitis. Materials and methods 101 patients with acute cholecystitis and a pre-operative sonogram were retrospectively reviewed by three radiologists in this IRB-approved and HIPAA-compliant study. Imaging data were correlated with histologic findings and compared using the Fisher’s exact test or Student t test with p
ISSN:	2366-004X 2366-0058 1432-0509