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Flashcards in Gallbladder/Biliary Tree Pathology Deck (11)
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1
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The inflammation of the gallbladder without association of gallstones

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Acalculous Cholecystitis

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The sudden onset of gallbladder inflammation

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Acute cholecystitis

3
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Benign hyperplasia of the gallbladder wall

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Adenomyomatosis

4
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The presence of gallstone(s) within the biliary tree

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Choledocholithiasis

5
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Gallstone(s)

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Cholelithiasis

6
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The twisting of the vascular supply to the gallbladder

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Gallbladder torsion

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A condition that results from the disturbance in cholesterol metabolism and accumulation of cholesterol typically within a focal region of the gallbladder wall; may be diffuse and referred to as a strawberry gallbladder

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Cholesterolosis

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Situation in which the gallbladder is completely filled with tumefactive sludge causing the gallbladder to appear isoechoic to the liver tissue

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Hepatization of the gallbladder

9
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An enlarged gallbladder; also referred to as mucocele of the gallbladder

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Hydropic gallbladder

10
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The calcification of all or part of the gallbladder wall

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Porcelain Gallbladder

11
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Complication of acute cholecystitis characterized by pus accumulation within the gallbladder

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Suppurative cholecystitis