Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis is when the gallbladder gets inflamed.[1] If it is not treated, cholecystitis can become life-threatening, such as if it results in one's gallbladder rupturing.[1] Treating cholecystitis often involves removing the gallbladder.[1]
Notable cases
After his assassination, U.S. President James A. Garfield might have had a case of cholecystitis that resulted in his condition becoming worse starting from late July 1881.[2] The reason for this might have been that President Garfield's doctors might have accidentally injured and created a hole in his bladder while they were searching his body for his assassin Charles Guiteau's bullet.[2]
Cholecystitis Media
X-ray during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Gallstones and biliary sludge, but the gallbladder wall is not clearly thickened, with no edema in the pericholecystic fat, thus not cholecystitis.
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Acute cholecystitis as seen on ultrasound. The closed arrow points to gallbladder wall thickening. Open arrow points to stones in the GB
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Acute cholecystitis with gallbladder wall thickening, a large gallstone, and a large gallbladder
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Significant gallbladder wall thickening
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Gross examination of gallbladder carcinoma, with a prominent nodule.
