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  • Title: Ultrasonic nonvisualization of the gallbladder in emphysematous cholecystitis. Case report.
    Author: Topp SW, Edlund G.
    Journal: Acta Chir Scand; 1988 Feb; 154(2):153-5. PubMed ID: 3281402.
    Abstract:
    In a patient with suspected acute cholecystitis, ultrasonography-although repeated-failed to visualize the gallbladder. Corresponding to the gallbladder fossa there was an area of high-density echoes casting a shadow posteriorly, but the examination was considered inconclusive because the gallbladder was not visualized. Plain abdominal radiographs established the diagnosis of acute emphysematous cholecystitis.
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