Biliary - Cholelithiasis
Caption
An elderly female presented to the emergency department reporting abdominal pain. POCUS seen here revealed the presence of a gallstone within her gallbladder with shadowing; and a notable absence of findings consistent with cholecystitis including gallbladder sludge, wall thickening, and/or ductal dilatation. This enabled appropriate triage of this patient to outpatient follow-up rather than considering immediate surgical intervention. Rupinder Sekhon, MD & Peter Biggane, MD Central Michigan University, Emergency Medicine