Acute cholecystitis MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Findings on MRI suggestive of acute cholecystitis include thickening of the gallbladder and pericholecystic fluid.

MRI

Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Findings on MRI suggestive of acute cholecystitis include:^[1]^[2]
- Thickening of the gallbladder
- Pericholecystic fluid.

Advantages of MRI

Advantages of MRI include:^[1]
- No exposure to radiation
- Information about other abdominal structures in addition to hepato-biliary tree

Limitations of MRI

Limitations of MRI include:^[1]
- Limited availability
- Time consuming

MRI of Acute cholecysytitis. Case courtesy of <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11162“>rID: 11162</a>^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “Gallbladder, Cholecystitis, Acute – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf”.
↑ Foard DE, Haber AH (1970). “Physiologically normal senescence in seedlings grown without cell division after massive gamma-irradiation of seeds”. Radiat. Res. 42 (2): 372–80. PMID 5442405.
↑ “Acute cholecystitis | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org”.

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[urlGallbladder,_Cholecystitis,_Acute_-_StatPearls_-_NCBI_Bookshelf-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “Gallbladder, Cholecystitis, Acute – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf”.

[pmid5442405-2] Foard DE, Haber AH (1970). “Physiologically normal senescence in seedlings grown without cell division after massive gamma-irradiation of seeds”. Radiat. Res. 42 (2): 372–80. PMID 5442405.

[urlAcute_cholecystitis_|_Radiology_Reference_Article_|_Radiopaedia.org-3] “Acute cholecystitis | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org”.

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Acute cholecystitis MRI

Overview

MRI

Advantages of MRI

Limitations of MRI

References

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