TY - JOUR
AU - GUEST, T. PAUL
AB - Abstract The so-called Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses of the gall bladder are very rarely visualized roentgenographically. Less than a dozen proved cases have been reported in the literature. When radiographic visualization of these sinuses does occur, a definite diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis can be made and surgery is indicated. The pathologist frequently sees what are called Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, but it is rare for the surgeon to grossly identify these, and even rarer for the roentgenologist to visualize them. The term Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, or Luschka's crypts of the gall bladder, is applied to deep outpouchings of mucosa extending into or through the muscular coat and into the perimuscular layers, leading to separation of the interstices and delicate walls of the muscle bundles. Normally the gall bladder muscle bundles are resistant to such outpouchings. In the presence of inflammation, however, these contractile structures become weakened with obstruction and chronic overdistention and the mucosa can readily References 1. Ackerman, A. G.: Diverticulosis of the Gallbladder: Case Report , Am. J. Roentgenol. 60:256-259 ( (Aug.) ) 1948. 2. Bean, B. C., and Culver, G. J.: Roentgenographic Demonstration of Rokitansky-Aschoff Sinuses of the Gallbladder: Report of Case , Am. J. Roentgenol. 63:665-668 ( (May) ) 1950. 3. McCorkle, H., and Fong, E. E.: The Clinical Significance of Gas in the Gallbladder , Surgery 11:851-868 ( (June) ) 1942. 4. Robertson, H. E., and Ferguson, W. J.: Diverticula (Luschka's Crypts) of the Gallbladder , Arch. Path. 40:321-333 ( (Nov.) ) 1946.
TI - Rokitansky-Aschoff Sinuses as Related to Chronic Cholecystitis
JF - A.M.A. Archives Surgery
DO - 10.1001/archsurg.1955.01270130126020
DA - 1955-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/rokitansky-aschoff-sinuses-as-related-to-chronic-cholecystitis-LyaEGqUGyC
SP - 124
EP - 127
VL - 71
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -