Purulent process involving the gallbladder walls and surrounding soft tissues occurring in the case of a perforating complication of acute cholecystitis. US features include an anechoic mass in the gallbladder wall, while significant changes in the surrounding tissue such as pericholecystic fluid collection and infiltration of the omentum or mesentery are well depicted by CT.
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(2008). Abscess, Gallbladder. In: Baert, A.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35280-8_9
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