start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=104 cd-vols= no-issue=11-12 article-no= start-page=1087 end-page=1091 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1992 dt-pub=199212 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title=A case of gallbladder torsion diagnosed by abdominal CT prior to surgery kn-title=腹部 CT 検査が術前診断に有用であった胆嚢捻転症の1例 en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A 77-year-old female with a chief complaint of epigastralgia was diagnosed with torsion of the gallbladder by abdominal CT prior to surgery and successfully treated by an emergency operation. Only 16 cases of gallbladder torsion including the present case have been diagnosed prior to surgery in Japan. Almost all of them were diagnosed with abdominal ultrasonography. With the growing use of CT in the evaluation of abdominal pain, preoperative diagnosis of the condition may be expedited. CT shows characteristic findings of torsion of the gallbladder such as 1) pronounded swelling of the gallbladder and circumscribed thickening of the gallbladder wall, 2) displacement of the gallbladder, and 3) volvulated gallbladder neck. We found CT to be useful for preoperative diagnosis of patients with abdominal pain. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YunokiYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Yunoki en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=柚木靖弘 kn-aut-sei=柚木 kn-aut-mei=靖弘 aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MiyakeMikio en-aut-sei=Miyake en-aut-mei=Mikio kn-aut-name=三宅三喜男 kn-aut-sei=三宅 kn-aut-mei=三喜男 aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MiyagiKouji en-aut-sei=Miyagi en-aut-mei=Kouji kn-aut-name=宮木功次 kn-aut-sei=宮木 kn-aut-mei=功次 aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakagawaHidekazu en-aut-sei=Nakagawa en-aut-mei=Hidekazu kn-aut-name=中川秀和 kn-aut-sei=中川 kn-aut-mei=秀和 aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsuoYouji en-aut-sei=Matsuo en-aut-mei=Youji kn-aut-name=松尾洋二 kn-aut-sei=松尾 kn-aut-mei=洋二 aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakagouJitsuo en-aut-sei=Nakagou en-aut-mei=Jitsuo kn-aut-name=中郷実雄 kn-aut-sei=中郷 kn-aut-mei=実雄 aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=LiuMiao en-aut-sei=Liu en-aut-mei=Miao kn-aut-name=劉淼 kn-aut-sei=劉 kn-aut-mei=淼 aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=FuchimotoSadanori en-aut-sei=Fuchimoto en-aut-mei=Sadanori kn-aut-name=淵本定儀 kn-aut-sei=淵本 kn-aut-mei=定儀 aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=OritaKunzo en-aut-sei=Orita en-aut-mei=Kunzo kn-aut-name=折田薫三 kn-aut-sei=折田 kn-aut-mei=薫三 aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院外科 affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院外科 affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院外科 affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院外科 affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院外科 affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=玉野三井病院内科 affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=岡山大学医学部第一病理学教室 affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=中国電力株式会社中電病院外科 affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=岡山大学医学部第一外科学教室 en-keyword=胆嚢捻転症 kn-keyword=胆嚢捻転症 en-keyword=術前診断 kn-keyword=術前診断 en-keyword=腹部 CT 検査 kn-keyword=腹部 CT 検査 END