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CT of a thickened-wall gall bladder

2003; Wiley; Volume: 76; Issue: 902 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1259/bjr/63382740

1748-880X

Rivka Zissin, Alexandra Osadchy, Myra Shapiro‐Feinberg, Gabriela Gayer,

Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

Pictorial reviewCT of a thickened-wall gall bladderR Zissin, A Osadchy, M Shapiro-Feinberg and G GayerR Zissin1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 44281 and 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zrifin, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, A Osadchy1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 44281 and 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zrifin, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, M Shapiro-Feinberg1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 44281 and 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zrifin, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel and G Gayer1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba 44281 and 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zrifin, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, IsraelPublished Online:28 Jan 2014https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr/63382740SectionsPDF/EPUBFull Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail AboutAbstractThis pictorial article reviews the various clinical entities that may cause mural thickening of the gall bladder encountered on contrast enhanced CT. 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