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Table 1 Ultrasonography criteria for acute acalculous cholecystitis

From: Acalculous cholecystitis occurring in the context of Plasmodium malariae infection: a case report

Major criteria

Minor criteria

• Gallbladder wall thickening ≥3mm

• Gallbladder distension (>5cm)

• Wall edema

• Echogenic bile (sludge)

• Intramural gas

 

• Mucosal sloughing

 

• Pericholecystic fluid

 

• Sonographic Murphy’s sign

 
  1. Two major or one major and two minor criteria are needed for diagnosis.
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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947