USG of Gall Bladder

Protocols

🌏Normal Gall Bladder Usg findings :

  • Length : 12 cm 
  •  Width: 4 cm 
  •  Wall Thickness : less then 3 mm


Gallbladder Ultrasound Normal Vs Abnormal Image Appearances Comparison |  Gallbladder Pathologies USG - YouTube




🌏কখন usg তে gall bladder দেখা যাবে না ?


1.Post Cholecystectomy state


2.Physiological contraction (after meal.as gall bladder

becomes empty after meal specially after fatty meal)




Acute cholecystitis Usg findings :

Acute Cholecystitis Ultrasound, Annotated. JETem 2018 - JETem


1. Gall bladder wall thickened. Wall thickness >3 cm


2. Hypoechoic wall (কালো হবে) 


3. Stone or sludge may be present.


4. Pericholecystic fluid may be present.



Chronic cholecystitis Usg findings :


Chronic Cholecystitis || Ultrasound || Case 19 - YouTube


1. Wall thickened. 

2.Gall bladder may be small.

3.Hyperechoic wall (due to fibrosis)

4. Stone may be present. 





USG findings of Empyema:

Empyema Gallbladder || Ultrasound || Case 24 - YouTube
Gall bladder :

1.Sloughing of mucosa of gall bladder


2. Gal bladder is filled with debris


Empyema Gallbladder || Ultrasound || Case 24 - YouTube

Cholelithiasis USg findings :

Gallstones and Associated Complications from the Emergency Medicine…

1.Bright echogenic structure

2.posterior aquestic shadow.

3.Moves with change of posture if not impacted at neck of gall bladder



🌏Billiary/gall bladder Sludged usg findings :

Biliary sludge - Wikipedia


1.Echogenic structure

2. No posterior aquestic shadow

3.It has linear wall

4. Some times echiogenicity may be isoechoic to liver.

5. Moves with posture change.


🌏Usg Findings of Mucocele gall bladder:

Mucocele of the gallbladder with multiple small stones. - YouTube


1.Length increase >10 cm


2. Gall bladder wall regular


3. Width increase > 4 cm


4. Contains clear fluid