Symptomatic diffuse adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder with subserosal inflammatory sclerolipomatosis: Imaging findings
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Gallbladder adenomyomatosis: imaging findings, tricks and pitfalls
Gallbladder adenomyomatosis (GA) is a benign alteration of the gallbladder wall that can be found in up to 9% of patients. GA is characterized by a gallbladder wall thickening containing small bile-filled cystic spaces (i.e., the Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, RAS). The bile contained in RAS may undergo a progressive concentration process leading to crystal precipitation and calcification developm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2211-5684
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2015.09.003