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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Ultrasounds (US) are the primary imaging modality for cholangitis. An US is both sensitive and specific in demonstrating [[biliary dilatation]]. | |||
==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
* | *Ultrasounds may show dilation of the bile duct and identifies 38% of bile duct stones.<ref name="urlAscending cholangitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_cholangitis#Diagnosis |title=Ascending cholangitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |format= |work= |accessdate=April 20, 2016}}</ref> | ||
**It is relatively poor at identifying stones further down the bile duct. | **It is relatively poor at identifying stones further down the bile duct. | ||
*An ultrasound is the primary imaging modality used to access patients with suspected acute cholangitis.<ref name="pmid16691174">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gallix BP, Aufort S, Pierredon MA, Garibaldi F, Bruel JM |title=[Acute cholangitis: imaging diagnosis and management] |language=French |journal=J Radiol |volume=87 |issue=4 Pt 2 |pages=430–40 |year=2006 |pmid=16691174 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *An ultrasound is the primary imaging modality used to access patients with suspected acute cholangitis.<ref name="pmid16691174">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gallix BP, Aufort S, Pierredon MA, Garibaldi F, Bruel JM |title=[Acute cholangitis: imaging diagnosis and management] |language=French |journal=J Radiol |volume=87 |issue=4 Pt 2 |pages=430–40 |year=2006 |pmid=16691174 |doi= |url=}}</ref> |
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Overview
Ultrasounds (US) are the primary imaging modality for cholangitis. An US is both sensitive and specific in demonstrating biliary dilatation.
Ultrasound
- Ultrasounds may show dilation of the bile duct and identifies 38% of bile duct stones.[1]
- It is relatively poor at identifying stones further down the bile duct.
- An ultrasound is the primary imaging modality used to access patients with suspected acute cholangitis.[2]
- It is both sensitive and specific in detecting biliary dilatations.
- An US can show biliary dilatations with or without stones and debris material within the common bile duct.[3]
- However, biliary dilatations are not not always present at early stages of bile duct obsctructions, and the performance of an US in indicating choledocholithiasis is poor.[2]
- For patients who have previously not undergone a cholecystectomy, an US allows doctors to determine patients with high probability of having choledocholithiasis even if the stone is not directly visible on US.[2]
- A main finding of ascending cholangitis on an US is the thickening of the bile duct walls.[3]
- Ultrasound can help distinguish between cholangitis and cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), which has similar symptoms to cholangitis but appears differently on ultrasound.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ascending cholangitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gallix BP, Aufort S, Pierredon MA, Garibaldi F, Bruel JM (2006). "[Acute cholangitis: imaging diagnosis and management]". J Radiol (in French). 87 (4 Pt 2): 430–40. PMID 16691174.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Acute cholangitis | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org".