Gangrenous cholecystitis: Analysis of imaging findings in histopathologically confirmed cases

Author:

Sureka Binit1,Rastogi Archana2,Mukund Amar1,Thapar Shalini1,Bhadoria Ajeet Singh3,Chattopadhyay Tushar Kanti4

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India

2. Departments of Pathology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India

3. Departments of Community Medicine, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India

4. Departments of HPB Surgery, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India

Abstract

Abstract Purpose: To study the imaging findings in gangrenous acute cholecystitis. Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of imaging findings in 31 histopathologically confirmed cases of gangrenous cholecystitis was done. The following imaging findings were analyzed: wall thickness, gallbladder distension, intraluminal membranes, mural striation, edema, wall enhancement, gallstones, gas, pericholecystic fluid, stranding, hemorrhage, hyperaemia in adjacent liver, mucosal/wall irregularity, complications. Statistical Analysis: Appropriate statistical tests were used using SPSS.22.0 software. The two proportions were compared using Chi-square or Fisher exact test and two means were compared using student t test. Results: Mean gallbladder wall thickening was 6 ± 1.93 mm. Gallstones, mural edema, mural striation, pericholecystic fluid, intraluminal membranes, gas were seen in 30, 27, 18, 20, 14 and 3 cases respectively. The mean short-axis distension of gallbladder lumen was 4.24 ± 0.91 cm. Gallbladder wall enhancement was studied in only 10 cases. Complete absence of enhancement was seen in 1, focal decreased enhancement in 8 cases. Mucosal/wall irregularity was seen in 28 cases. 74.2% cases had ≥4 cm gallbladder distension. Intraluminal membranes were present in 14 cases with mean short-axis distension of 4.6 cm and absent in 17 (P = 0.041), in 11 cases with mural striation (P = 0.036). Mean wall thickening was 6.69mm in patients with intraluminal membranes and 5.46 mm with absence of membranes (P = .078). Conclusion: Presence of more than one of these findings - gallbladder distension (short axis diameter of ≥4 cm), intraluminal membranes, mural striation, absent or decreased enhancement of gallbladder wall suggest high probability of gangrenous change in acute cholecystitis.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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