| TBS | total body solids; total body solute; total body surface; total burn size; Townes-Brocks syndrome; t... |
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| JP drain | The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multip... |
| BCM | B-cell maturation; birth control medication; blood-clotting mechanism effects; body cell mass; body ... |
| BW | bacteriological warfare; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weig... |
| CB | Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Chirurgiae Baccalaureus]; calcium blocker; carbenicillin; carotid body; ch... |
| Courvoisier's gallbladder | An enlarged, often palpable gallbladder in a patient with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas. It is associated with jaundice due to obstruction of the common bile duct. See: Courvoisier's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| porcelain gallbladder | <radiology> Calcium incrustation of gallbladder wall, 0.6-0.8% of cholecystectomy patients, 80% female, 10-20% develop gallbladder carcinoma, 90% associated with gallstones findings: nonfunctioning gallbladder on oral cholecystogram, highly echogenic shadowing curvilinear sturucture in the gallbladder fossa (Differential diagnosis: stone-filled contracted gall bladder), echogenic gallbladder wall with little acoustic shadowing (Differential diagnosis: emphysematous cholecystitis), scattered irregular clumps of echoes with posterior acoustic shadowing (12 Dec 1998) |
| sandpaper gallbladder | A roughened condition of the mucous membrane of the gallbladder, associated usually with the presence of gallstones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serosa of gallbladder | Serous coat of the gallbladder; the visceral peritoneum covering the portions of the gallbladder not in direct contact with the liver. Synonym: tunica serosa vesicae biliaris, tunica serosa vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small gallbladder | <radiology> Chronic cholecystitis, cystic fibrosis (seen in 30-50% of CF patients), congenital anomaly (multiseptate, hypoplastic) Cf: large gall bladder (12 Dec 1998) |
| neck of gallbladder | The narrow portion between the body of the gallbladder and beginning of the cystic duct. Synonym: collum vesicae biliaris, collum vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strawberry gallbladder | A gallbladder of which the mucosa is dotted with yellowish cholesterol deposits contrasting with the red hyperaemic background. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffuse gallbladder wall thickening | <radiology> Criterion: gall bladder wall greater than 3 mm may appear thicker due to surrounding ascites, cholecystitis (acute or chronic), non-fasting state, chronic hypoalbuminaemia, hepatitis, congestive heart failure, fat in gall bladder fossa Cf: focal thickening (12 Dec 1998) |
| inflammatory gallbladder disease | <radiology> Post-bulbar ulcer, Crohn disease, TB, Strongyloides, pancreatitis / cholecystitis (12 Dec 1998) |
| empyema of gallbladder | Severe acute cholecystitis with purulent inflammation of the gallbladder. Latent empyema, the presence of pus in a cavity, especially one of the accessory sinuses, unattended by subjective symptoms. Synonym: empyema benignum. Loculated empyema, pyothorax in which pleural adhesions form one or more pockets containing pus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focal gallbladder wall thickening | <radiology> Primary gall bladder carcinoma, adenomyomatosis / hyperplastic cholecystosis, adenomatous polyps, papillary adenomas, metastatic nodules, cholesterol polyps (associated with acoustic shadowing), metachromatic leukodystrophy (rare!) See also: diffuse thickening (12 Dec 1998) |
| large gallbladder | <radiology> Courvoisier phenomenon, neoplasm of pancreatic head, distal common bile duct, papilla, hydrops, empyema, vagotomy, diabetes (20% of DM patients) Cf: small gall bladder (12 Dec 1998) |
| fossa for gallbladder | A depression on the visceral surface of the liver anteriorly, between the quadrate and the right lobes, lodging the gallbladder. Synonym: fossa vesicae biliaris, gallbladder fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fundus of gallbladder | The wide closed end of the gallbladder situated at the inferior border of the liver. Synonym: fundus vesicae biliaris (felleae). (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetone body | <biochemistry> Any of the three compounds created by acetyl coenzyme A (acetoacetate, hydroxybutyrate, and acetone) which are water-soluble cellular fuels normally exported by the liver. They can build up in the blood and body tissues because of starvation, untreated diabetes mellitus, or other disorders that interfere with carbohydrate metabolism. The body rids itself of ketones mainly through urine, but it rids itself of acetone through the lungs, which gives the breath a characteristic fruity odour. If ketones build up in the body long enough, they cause serious illness and coma (see ketoacidosis.) (09 Oct 1997) |