Acute Cholecystitis: Imaging
Abdominal X ray showing gall stones
Multiple calculi distributed in a pyriform shape in the right upper quadrant suggestive of gallstones. This is an incidental finding. X ray shows pneumo-peritoneum.
US features of Acute Cholecystitis
Calculus at the neck of the gallbladder with acoustic shadowing and thickening of the gallbladder wall (arrow).
Axial ultrasonogram through the gallbladder shows tiny calculi in the gallbladder and pericholecystic fluid