| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome; clinical trials support [program]; composite treatment score; computed tomog... |
|---|---|
| DS | dead air space; dead space; deep sedative; deep sleep; defined substrate; dehydroepiandrosterone sul... |
| DSC | de Sanctis-Cacchione [syndrome]; desmocollin; digital scan converter; disodium chromoglycate; Doctor... |
| HE | half-scan with extrapolation; hard exudate; hektoen enteric [agar]; hemagglutinating encephalomyelit... |
| HI | half-scan with interpolation; head injury; health insurance; hearing impaired; heart infusion; hemag... |
| body of gallbladder | The main part of the gallbladder terminating in the rounded fundus below and continuing into the neck of the gallbladder above. Synonym: corpus vesicae biliaris, corpus vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| gallbladder | <anatomy> A digestive organ which stores bile (produced in the liver), used in the digestion and absorption of fats in the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| gallbladder carcinoma | <radiology> Females (80%), peak age 60 - 70 years of age, associated with, gallstones (60-90%), porcelain gall bladder (12 Dec 1998) |
| gallbladder disease | <gastroenterology, surgery> An inflammatory condition of the gallbladder that usually results from the presence of gallstones and repeated bouts of cholecystitis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| gallbladder emptying | A process whereby bile is delivered from the gallbladder into the duodenum. The emptying is caused by both contraction of the gallbladder and relaxation of the sphincter mechanism at the choledochal terminus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gallbladder fossa | 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) |
| pearl necklace gallbladder | <radiology> Associated with the generalised form of adenomyomatosis findings: tiny extraluminal extension of contrast on oral cholecystogram, enhanced after contraction (12 Dec 1998) |
| pelvis of gallbladder | hartmann's pouch |
| mucosal folds of gallbladder | The interlacing folds of the mucosa that produce a honeycomb appearance in the interior of the gallbladder. Synonym: plicae tunicae mucosae vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucosa of gallbladder | The inner coat of the gallbladder. Synonym: tunica mucosa vesicae biliaris, tunica mucosa vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular coat of gallbladder | Muscular layer of the wall of the gallbladder. Synonym: tunica muscularis vesicae biliaris, tunica muscularis vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular tunic of gallbladder | Muscular tunic of the gallbladder, consisting of layers of smooth muscle fibres coursing in various directions immediately external to the mucosa of the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polypoid gallbladder lesions | <radiology> Cholesterol polyp, adenoma, papilloma (usually less than 1 cm, may be premalignant), carcinoma, metastasis, adenomyomatosis, tumefactive sludge, inflammatory polyp (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |