Halloween CT cholangiogram

Wills, Andrew D

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04899.x

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A 35-year-old woman presented with symptoms suggestive of gallstones. These were confirmed on a computed tomography cholangiogram (see picture), the contrast clearly defining their outline. However, their unique "jack-o'-lantern" configuration also serves as a seasonal reminder that, like the present-day association with Halloween, the word "gall" derives from an Old English word meaning "something unpleasant to experience"!

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Andrew D Wills

The Porter's Lodge, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.

Correspondence: awillsy@hotmail.com

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