Abstract
Emphysematous cholecystitis is an uncommon form of acute gangrenous cholecystitis. It is characterized by as within the gallbladder wall, lumen, or bliliary ducts. The morbidity associated with emphysematous cholecystitis is five times that of nonemphysematous cholecystitis'. The timely diagnosis ant management of this entity may substantialty reduce the associated morbaidty anc mortality. The sonographic findings ot emphysematous ch oecystitis, including ecnogenic material with shadowing within the gallblader and reverberation echoes emanating from the gallbladder wall or lumen, have been well documented.2-7 We report a case that illustrates an additional rare sonograpnic finding of gas bubbles arising from the gallbladder wall.
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