Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C

Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening is a common radiological finding with a wide range of differential diagnoses, many of which are not due to primary cholecystic disease. We report an unusual case of extreme diffuse gallbladder thickening in a 39-year-old lady, subsequently diagnosed with hepatitis...

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Autores principales: Wheeler, Matthew, Powell, Eleanor, Osman, Medhat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Gastrointestinal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.11.013
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description Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening is a common radiological finding with a wide range of differential diagnoses, many of which are not due to primary cholecystic disease. We report an unusual case of extreme diffuse gallbladder thickening in a 39-year-old lady, subsequently diagnosed with hepatitis C virus, and with complete resolution of her radiological appearances within 6 weeks—before commencing any treatment.
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spelling pubmed-60001992018-06-14 Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C Wheeler, Matthew Powell, Eleanor Osman, Medhat Radiol Case Rep Gastrointestinal Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening is a common radiological finding with a wide range of differential diagnoses, many of which are not due to primary cholecystic disease. We report an unusual case of extreme diffuse gallbladder thickening in a 39-year-old lady, subsequently diagnosed with hepatitis C virus, and with complete resolution of her radiological appearances within 6 weeks—before commencing any treatment. Elsevier 2018-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6000199/ /pubmed/29904465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.11.013 Text en © 2018 the Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. under copyright license from the University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C
title_full Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C
title_fullStr Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C
title_full_unstemmed Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C
title_short Rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis C
title_sort rapid resolution of extreme gallbladder wall thickening in a patient with acute hepatitis c
topic Gastrointestinal
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.11.013
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