Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography diagnosis of fundal localized type of gallbladder adenomyomatosis

• Published in: BMC gastroenterology Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 99
• Main Authors: Tang, ShaoShan, Huang, LiPing, Wang, Yao, Wang, YiJiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.08.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adenomyoma - diagnostic imaging; Adult; Aged; Analysis; Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging; Contrast Media; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Gallbladder Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Gastroenterology; Humans; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Phospholipids; Retrospective Studies; Sulfur Hexafluoride; Ultrasonography - methods

Adenomyomatosis of gallbladder is an acquired hyperplastic lesion, characterized by focal or diffuse thickening of the gallbladder with intramural cysts or echogenic areas with comet tail on ultrasonography. But in some cases, especially in the localized fundal type of adenomyomatosis, the intramura...