Description
This shows a thickened and somewhat distended gallbladder; the common bile duct and cystic duct
have been opened; the common duct is dilated and obstructed at its distal end by a gallstone.
History
This man was admitted at the age of 81 with right-sided abdominal pain and shortness of
breath. His temperature was raised, and he was tender in the right hypochondrium. Investigations
showed a white count of 13,300 differential count 91% neutrophils, and sedimentation rate 35
mm/hr. Total bilirubin 114 uMol/litre, alk.phos. 220 U/litre, gamma glutamyl transferase 490
U/litre, aspartate amino transferase 132 U/litre and alanine amino transferase 7 U/litre.
Hepatitis-associated antigen negative. Blood culture grew E.coli.