Re: ultrasound evaluation

[Guest guest]

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I have three of these ultrasound scans. Your description sounds like

everything is basically normal (pancreas, kidneys, etc) but they do

mention multiply gallstones.

If you look at the scan of your gallbladder (Did they mark the

seperate pictures so that you know which one that is?) you will see a

oblong sack looking organ with a tube at one end. It should be very

black, or dark, in the middle. The cystic duct may appear lighter or

whiter. Inside the black area of the gallbladder, a calcium stone

will show up white. If it is floating, it will be somewhere within

the dark area. If it is attacked, it will be by the wall of the

gallbladder. You may see one, or more white stones in the scan. Some

may be stuck to others, or behind others. Do you see any in your

picture?

Barry.

> Well, I finally went and got those ultrasound films. I'm not sure

now why I

> did this because I don't really know what I'm looking at! I

remember the

> surgeon waving over one particular area, but I can't see now what

he was

> looking at. (Besides - that was four months ago!)

>

> Anyway, I thought I would share the comments and see if any of YOU

have any

> comments on them. Here's what it says:

>

> " The gallbladder is well visualized and demonstrates multiple

echogenic

> moveable foci, consistent with multiple gallstones. The common

bile duct

> measures 6 mm. The gallbladder wall is 2 mm in thickness. There

is no

> pericholecystic fluid. The liver is well visualized and

demonstrates some

> increase in echogenicity, which may represent mild fatty

infiltration. No

> focal mass lesion or intrahepatic ductal dilation is seen. The

spleen and

> the aorta are unremarkable. The pancreas is well visualized and

normal in

> echogenicity with no associated solid or cystic mass. The right

kidney

> measures 11.1 cm in length; the left kidney measure 10.6 cm in

length and no

> solid mass or hydronephrosis is seen. "

>

> If anyone has any thoughts on it, feel free to share. Does it read

similar to

> yours? Do you see something that looks good or something to be

concerned

> about?

>

> Yes, before someone asks, I have already reviewed this with the

doctor and

> the surgeon, but I'm just interested in any observations that any

of you

> might have, since we tend to look at things from a different angle.

>

> If not - that's okay, too. Thanks for listening,

> rachel~