Biliary Sludge

Figure 1. Biliary sludge appears as low-amplitude echoes without postacoustic shadowing. The echoes layer in the dependent portion of the gallbladder and shift slowly with positioning. (Courtesy of Dr. Tom Winter, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.).
Figure 1. Biliary sludge appears as low-amplitude echoes without postacoustic shadowing. The echoes layer in the dependent portion of the gallbladder and shift slowly with positioning. (Courtesy of Dr. Tom Winter, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.). Biliary sludge on ultrasonography. Top.Bottom.

This Article

  1. Ann Intern Med February 16, 1999 vol. 130 no. 4 Part 1 301-311