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Alternate Name(s): Cholelithiasis ... Gallstones are formed within the gallbladder, an organ that stores bile excreted from the liver. Bile is made up of water, salts, lecithin, cholesterol, and other substances. If the concentration of these components changes, gallstones may form. ...
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Normally a balance of bile salts, lecithin and cholesterol keep gallstones from forming. If there are abnormally high levels of bile salts or, ... Updated by: Jenifer K. Lehrer, ... The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
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Cholelithiasis is the presence of one or more calculi (gallstones) in the gallbladder. In developed countries, about 10% of adults and 20% of people > 65 yr have gallstones. Gallstones tend to be asymptomatic. The most common symptom is biliary colic;
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Gallstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components. Gallstones can occur anywhere within the biliary ...
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Cholelithiasis. A gallbladder filled with gallstones (examined extracorporally after laparoscopic cholecystectomy [LC]). ... The prevalence of cholesterol cholelithiasis in other Western cultures is similar to that in the United States, but it appears to be somewhat lower in Asia and Africa.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/175667-overview
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Overview: Gallbladder disease is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in the United States. ... Cholelithiasis is the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder. Biliary colic is pain caused by a stone temporarily obstructing the cystic duct. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder from obstruction...
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Cholelithiasis (Gallstones) information center covers causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, incidence, risk factors, signs, tests, support groups, complications, and prognosis. ... Cholelithiasis is the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder without any associated symptoms.
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Gallstones are a collection of one or more stones in the gallbladder, which is the hollow organ under the liver, that stores bile. ... When the gallstones are in the gallbladder, the condition is called cholelithiasis; when they are in the bile ducts the condition is called choledocolithiasis.
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