@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006393, author = {Takizawa, Hideaki and Matsuzuki, Yoshiko and Seino, Yasuyuki and Asakura, Hitoshi}, issue = {4}, journal = {Acta medica et biologica, Acta medica et biologica}, month = {Dec}, note = {Ultrasonography of a 65-year-old male experiencing pain in the epigastric region and fever revealed a thickened gallbladder wall with an oval, linear intraluminal structure. The patient was diagnosed as having acute cholecystitis with desquamated mucosa and was conservatively treated with antibiotics. Follow-up ultrasonography performed one week later revealed many mobile fragments with no acoustic shadowing in the gallbladder. Two weeks later, ultrasonography showed sludge in the gallbladder, which disappeared spontaneously 4 weeks later. After endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) confirmed gallstones in the common bile duct, cholecystectomy with choledocholithotomy was performed two months later. In this report, the follow-up ultrasonograms, taken over a 4-week period, are presented in order to show the healing process of desquamated mucosa associated with acute cholecystitis.}, pages = {179--181}, title = {Desquamated Gallbladder Mucosa : Follow-up Findings by Ultrasonography}, volume = {45}, year = {1997} }