[The echographic assessment of the activity of the inflammatory process in patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis in the choleretic test].

Ultrasonic investigations of the gallbladder in choleretic test were carried out in 186 patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC): 47 with intensive, 76 with moderate and 31 with minimal exacerbation, 32 patients in remission and 36 control subjects. As shown by choleretic test, a reduction of latent period and gallbladder contraction duration, a decrease in discharged bile amount, bile discharge velocity, initial and final gallbladder volumes' ration and increased final gallbladder volume occurred in CAC patients. These changes were parallel to inflammation intensity. Three types of gallbladder contraction were revealed in choleretic test: a 3-phase contraction curve with the initial fast evacuation period, relaxation wave (enlarged gallbladder) and slow evacuation period (type 1); a 2-phase curve with fast and slow evacuation (type 2); a monophasic curve with slow evacuation (type 3). In the patients studied type 1 prevailed, while type 3 was not observed in the controls. With increasing inflammation activity in CAC patients a type-1 contraction frequency declined and disappeared in active exacerbation, whereas type 2 and especially type 3 contractions became more frequent.