Thursday, June 13, 2013

A simple quiz- what is your diagnosis?

What is your diagnosis in this young woman with abdominal pain.
3D ultrasound images are shown below:

the answer is: a large gallbladder calculus located close to its neck.
Here are more images of the same case, the first is a 2-D ultrasound image,
the second is a 3-D Ultrasound image of the same case showing the gallbladder calculus is a large echogenic structure within it.