Ecografía abdominal que muestra la vesícula biliar
Cortesía de Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. La figura 1 muestra una vesícula biliar normal en una ecografía. La figura 2 muestra un cálculo biliar grande en la vesícula biliar.
Arvydas D. Vanagunas MD
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Colonoscopy
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