(Maj Gen) Atul K Sharma*

MS, DNB, FALS (IAGES). Post-Doctoral Fellow G I Surgery, (AIIMS, New Delhi), Sr. Consultant G I, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Chairman, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences and Minimal Access Surgery, Alchemist Hospitals, Panchkula, Chandigarh Tricity, India

*Corresponding Author: (Maj Gen) Atul K Sharma, MS, DNB, FALS (IAGES). Post-Doctoral Fellow G I Surgery, (AIIMS, New Delhi), Sr. Consultant G I, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery, Chairman, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences and Minimal Access Surgery, Alchemist Hospitals, Panchkula, Chandigarh Tricity, India.

Received: May 18, 2022; Published: June 01, 2022

Abstract

Biliary sludge and microlithiasis appear to be stages of the same metabolic disorder, diagnosed differently; sludge by its typical features on ultrasonography and microlithiasis by microscopic examination of bile collected from the duodenum or common bile duct. Biliary sludge is typically echogenic without any acoustic shadowing; seen as low-level echoes that shift and layer in the dependent portion of the gallbladder; whereas microlithiasis is diagnosed by polarizing light microscopy; under which these crystals are found to have rounded contours and black centres due to scattering/absorption of light.

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Citation

Citation: (Maj Gen) Atul K Sharma. “Clinical Significance of Biliary Sludge". Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders 5.7 (2022): 01-02.

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