Matias Gustavo Vargas Araya MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Eugenio Zalaquett MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Christine O. Menias MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maria Jose Baladron MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Alvaro Huete Garin MD , Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Ignacio Beddings MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Pablo Bachler MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Sanjeev Bhalla MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To understand the pathophysiology of chronic cholecystitis. 2. To review the imaging findings of non - complicated cholelithiasis 3. To classify the different delayed complications of chronic cholecystitis: Inflammatory - Fistula - Neoplastic 4. To illustrate the spectrum of US, CT and MR imaging findings of the complications of longstanding gallstone disease.

1. Demographics and clinical presentations. 2. Pathophysiology of chronic cholecystitis. 3. US, CT and MR imaging findings of non-complicated chronic cholecystitis. 4. US, CT and MR imaging features of complicated chronic cholecystitis: a) Superimposed acute cholecystitis,b) Porcelain gallbladder, c) Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, d) Gallbladder carcinoma, e) Mirizzi's syndrome,f) Billiary-enteric fistula (cholecystoduodenal fistula, Bouveret's syndrome, gallstone ileus, cholecystocolonic fistula). 5. Conclusion

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Vargas Araya, M, Zalaquett, E, Menias, C, Baladron, M, Huete Garin, A, Beddings, I, Bachler, P, Bhalla, S, Chronic Cholecystitis, "The Silent Time Bomb": US, CT and MR Imaging Findings of Associated Neoplastic and Non Neoplastic Complications.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14004072.html