Nils Raab, Bernd Stephan, Sabin Khatri, Michael Wöhlke, Raoul Hinze, Christoph Frank Dietrich
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The value of an ultrasound prior to planned interventions is undisputed. Clinically relevant incidental findings are also among the reasons why abdominal ultrasound examinations should be considered part of the diagnostic evaluation during inpatient admission. We report here an interesting case of an unusual "three-headed" polypoid lesion on ultrasound, which histologically and pathologically revealed a saprophytic manifestation of local aspergillosis in the gallbladder without clinical signs of cholecystitis.