Siphon-Like Gall Bladder Hydrops in Chronic Cholelithiasis

Gall bladder carcinoma in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis.

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion and timing for suspecting the diagnosis of gall bladder carcinoma in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. METHODS A retrospective study conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi over a period of six years, included medical records of patients, with cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis and a histopathological diagnosis of gall...

On Gall-Stones or Cholelithiasis

Gallbladder Kinetics: Correlation between Gall Bladder Emptying in Patients With and Without Cholelithiasis by Ultrasonography

Background: Gallstone disease or cholelithiasis, is one of the most common surgical problems worldwide. The assessment of gallbladder kinetics in patients with cholelithiasis as well as in patients with high risk for cholelithiasis could play a significant role in better management and is recommended as a routine workup of biliary system in these patients. Objectives: This study was carried out...

Cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, and ganglioneuromatosis of the gall bladder: an unusual presentation of MEN type 2b.

A 40 year old man with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b (MEN 2b) presented with cholecystitis caused by gall stones. Twenty four years earlier, he had had a partial thyroidectomy for a cold nodule. At his initial presentation MEN 2b with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid had not been made. This was diagnosed while investigating his gall bladder symptoms and he was found to have asymptomati...

The Clinical Diagnosis of Chronic Gall-Bladder Disease.