The gallbladder is an expandable pear-shaped organ located beneath your liver. The gallbladder stores bile — a dark green fluid that helps your body digest and absorb food. Sometimes this process is ...

Cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder, a small pear-shaped, sac-like organ located in the upper right side of the abdomen, just below the liver. The liver produces a substance called ...

Ultrasonography remains the preferred initial imaging study in the evaluation of the pregnant woman presenting with acute abdomen, because it does not expose the fetus to ionizing radiation.