[Gallbladder pathology in the Ivory Coast. Contribution of ultrasonics]

Ultrasound imaging was first used in the two hospital and university centers of Abidjan in 1983, and findings since then have demonstrated the previously unrecognized frequency and variability of gallbladder affections. Particular conditions of functioning of an ultrasonography department in tropical surroundings are analyzed and ultrasound features of bile stones, cholecystitis and gallbladder cancer described.