Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Porcelain Gallbladder

Tze Shien Lo, M.D., and Masanobu Okada, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1994; 330:402February 10, 1994

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Figure 1 Porcelain Gallbladder.

The entire wall of the gallbladder is calcified in an 86-year-old woman with anemia probably caused by a slowly bleeding hiatal hernia. The patient had no abdominal symptoms. The border of the gallbladder is evident on a plain film of the abdomen (Panel A, arrows). The calcified rim can be seen on a computed tomographic scan without contrast enhancement (Panel B, arrow). Gallstones are not present.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Tze Shien Lo, M.D.
Masanobu Okada, M.D.
Nagoya Tokushukai Hospital, Aichi 487, Japan

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