Diagnosing porcelain gallbladder

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Diagnosing porcelain gallbladder Tsung-Chun Lee, MD, Kao-Lang Liu, MD, I-Rue Lai, MD, Hsiu-Po Wang, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 118, Issue 10, Pages 1171-1172 (October 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.023 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 A circular calcification (white arrow) is noted in the gallbladder fossa on computed tomography scan without contrast enhancement. The American Journal of Medicine 2005 118, 1171-1172DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.023) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Specimen of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has extensive calcification (white arrow) over the whole circumference of gallbladder wall. The American Journal of Medicine 2005 118, 1171-1172DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.023) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions