ReviewJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2021
Role of conventional ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gallbladder polypoid lesions.
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- Ultrasound Imaging Features Associated With Neoplastic Gallbladder Polyps: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Korean journal of radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Multiple Primary Malignancy-Related Gallbladder Cancer: An Important Recommendation for the Early Detection of Gallbladder Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- How Can We Identify T1 or Shallow T2 Gallbladder Carcinoma Using Ultrasound? Comment on Okaniwa, S. How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reply to Fujimoto, T. Comment on "Okaniwa, S. How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Value of high frame rate contrast enhanced ultrasound in gallbladder wall thickening in non-acute setting.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2024Article
- Differential diagnosis of gallbladder neoplastic polyps and cholesterol polyps with radiomics of dual modal ultrasound: a pilot study.BMC medical imaging · 2023Article
- The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Gallbladder Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Value of high frame rate contrast-enhanced ultrasound in distinguishing gallbladder adenoma from cholesterol polyp lesion.European radiology · 2021Article
- Clinical and Image Characteristics of IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholecystitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Everything you need to know about ultrasound for diagnosis of gallbladder diseases.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2021Article
- A narrative review of gallbladder adenomyomatosis: what we need to know.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Review
- Letter to the Editor: How Is Gallbladder Metastasis From Renal Cell Carcinoma Depicted on Ultrasound?Clinical pathology (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
The major role of conventional ultrasonography (US) can be divided into three processes: cancer screening, differential diagnosis, and assessment of the depth of tumor invasion. As US is a simple and minimally invasive modality, it is widely used for cancer screening and health checkups. Both gallbladder (GB) polyps and thickened wall of the GB are common US findings. On the contrary, US is prone to interference from gas echoes, and its diagnostic accuracy depends on both the US technology and the ability of sonographers. It is also important to be well acquainted with characteristic artifacts and how to manage their influence. Furthermore, magnified images acquired using high-resolution US (HRUS) are strongly helpful to pick up small lesions. As for differential diagnosis, classification of GB polypoid lesions (GPLs) into pedunculated or sessile (broad-based) types is very important. Cholesterol polyps in pedunculated lesions and localized adenomyomatosis (ADM) in sessile lesions are the most important targets to be differentiated. Furthermore, significant findings including number, size, growth rate, shape, internal echo, surface contour, and internal structure should be evaluated and judged as a whole. Usually, US delineates the GB wall as a two- or three-layer structure. However, as the inner hypoechoic layer includes not only the mucosa and muscularis propria but also the fibrous layer of subserosa, the differentiation between T1 (confined to the mucosa or muscularis propria) and T2 (invading the subserosa) based on the layer structure is difficult. Shape, size, and internal echo structure may be helpful for further assessment.
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