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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Gallstones grow inside the gallbladder or biliary tract. These stones can be asymptomatic or symptomatic; only gallstones with symptoms or complications are defined as gallstone disease. Based on their composition, gallstones are classified into cholesterol gallstones, which represent the predominant entity, and bilirubin ('pigment') stones.
Lammert, Frank +8 more
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Nigerian Journal of Surgery, 2013 Gallstone disease is a worldwide medical problem, but the incidence rates show substantial geographical variation, with the lowest rates reported in African populations. Publications in English language on gallstones which were obtained from reprint requests and PubMed database formed the basis for this paper. Data extracted from these sources included
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Gallstone Coleus: A Rare Relation of Gallstone Ileus [PDF]
International Journal of Surgery and Research, 2015 Background: Intestinal obstruction due to gallstones is a rare condition accounting for 1-4% of cases of a mechanical small bowel obstruction. Gallstone coleus (gallstone obstruction of the large bowel) is an even more uncommon cause of a mechanical bowel obstruction. Methods: We performed a search of the PubMed database in December 2014.
Howells L, Liasis L, Demosthenous M
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South African Journal of Surgery, 2012 When all three of the features of Rigler's triad are present on an abdominal radiograph, the cause of a small-bowel obstruction can be identified.
Kuehnast, M, Sewchuran, T, Andronikou, S
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2010 Gallstone ileus is a rare disease, which is responsible for about 1%-4% of all cases of mechanical obstruction. The findings of gallstone ileus on computed tomography (CT) are pathognomonic. The morbidity and mortality rate remain very high, mainly because of delayed diagnosis.
Willekens, Inneke +5 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901 I recently removed, post-mortem, a gallstone from a lady aged 67 years; the stone measuring five and three-quarter by four and a half inches, and weighing 530 grains. The patient died from tubal rupture incident to carcinoma of the uterus, and had never complained of symptoms referable to the gall bladder, though she had been under my care for two ...
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Journal of Internal Medicine, 2007 Abstract.Gallstone disease is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal diseases with a substantial burden to health care systems that is supposed to increase in ageing populations at risk. Aetiology and pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones still are not well defined, and strategies for prevention and efficient nonsurgical therapies are missing ...
H.-U. Marschall and, Curt Einarsson
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018 Gallstones are one of the most common diseases worldwide. Recently, the incidence of gallstones has increased and the pattern of gallstones has changed in Korea. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones. Expectant management is considered the most appropriate choice in patients with asymptomatic gallstones.
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