Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B | Panel C

Figure 20: The gallbladder in CF. Panel A Asymptomatic cholelithiasis in a 17-year-old boy with CF. Long-axis sonogram demonstrates a single gallstone (arrow) in the gallbladder neck, producing acoustic shadowing. Panel B Long-axis sonogram of the gallbladder in a 46-year-old man with CF shows low-level echoes, representing sludge, within the gallbladder lumen. Panel C Autopsy specimen of the inferior surface of the liver from another patient with CF demonstrates a small mucus-filled gallbladder (microgallbladder) (arrow).

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