## Abstract The value of gallbladder thickening in predicting the presence of acute cholecystitis was assessed by reviewing gallbladder sonograms for 150 normal patients, 15 fasting normal patients, 24 patients with proven acute cholecystitis, 24 patients with ascites or an alcoholic history, and 5
Localized wall thickening of the gallbladder mimicking a neoplasm
β Scribed by Katsumi Kimura; Naotaka Fujita; Yutaka Noda; Go Kobayashi; Kei Ito; Jun Horaguchi; Toshiki Sugawara; Osamu Takasawa
- Book ID
- 110100172
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
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