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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024

Improved detection of gallbladder perforation by contrast-enhanced ultrasound: two case reports.

Yaxin Zhou, Lulu Yang

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yaxin ZhouDepartment of Ultrasound, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lulu YangDepartment of Ultrasound, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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Abstract

Acute cholecystitis is a common acute abdominal disease, but the occurrence of secondary gallbladder perforation is relatively rare, and poses a serious threat to the lives of patients. The conventional methods for diagnosing acute cholecystitis are abdominal contrast-enhanced CT and ultrasound. However, these methods may have limitations in detecting gallbladder perforation, especially in cases where perforation size are small. In contrast, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has the distinct advantage of providing dynamic, real-time visualization of the gallbladder wall enhancement, thereby enabling a more confident diagnosis of gallbladder perforation. Here, we report two cases of acute cholecystitis initially diagnosed by abdominal contrast-enhanced CT, and secondary gallbladder perforation detected by further contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Both patients were finally treated in a timely manner. Our cases suggest that CEUS can be an important complementary method for diagnosing gallbladder perforation.

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acute cholecystitiscase reportscontrast-enhanced ultrasounddiagnosisgallbladder perforation

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