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  • Infectious mononucleosis - not always a benign condition: a case report of infectious mononucleosis–associated acute acalculous cholecystitis

  • Andrew Cameron, Kosalan Akilan, David Carr
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine / Volume 21 / Issue 1 / January 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 March 2018, pp. 154-156
    Print publication:
    January 2019
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  • Infectious mononucleosis is typically a self-limited viral infection of adolescence and early adulthood that resolves in a period of weeks, causing no major sequelae. We describe a case of a healthy 18-year-old female diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis who also presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, moderate transaminitis, and cholestatic biochemistry. An ultrasound revealed acute acalculous cholecystitis, generally a condition seen in the context of critical illness. Further investigating emergency department patients with infectious mononucleosis is often not indicated, but may be important for those who present atypically.

  • 14 - Biliary Ultrasound

  • from PART II - ULTRASOUND
  • Edited by J. Christian Fox, University of California, Irvine
  • Book:
    Clinical Emergency Radiology
    Published online:
    07 December 2009
    Print publication:
    29 September 2008, pp 218-235

  • Summary

    Biliary ultrasound is part of any complete abdominal ultrasound and limited right upper quadrant ultrasound. It is more difficult to perform abdominal ultrasound on obese patients. This statement is particularly true with regard to the liver, gallbladder, and associated structures. The limitations of ultrasound in the right upper quadrant are few. Since ultrasound creates 2D images of 3D structures, the experience level of the sonologist is very important. It should be noted that ultrasound is not the most accurate imaging study for cholecystitis. The biliary system is made up of the gallbladder, along with the intra- and extrahepatic biliary ducts. The intrahepatic ducts form in the subsegments of the liver and course toward the porta hepatis where they form the common hepatic duct (CHD). The intrahepatic ducts are more difficult to evaluate because they are normally very narrow.