Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis



Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN) is a sign of acute cholecystitis. Here, the stone is in blue with it's associated shadowing in red. SIN had a sn of 97% and a ppv of 93% in diagnosing chole in one study. 



Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD



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