Over the last 20 years various authors have suggested that local vascular factors may play some part in the aetiology of certain diseases of the gall bladder (Eliason and Stephens, 1944; Goldman, Morgan, and Kay, 1948; Hallendorf, Dockerty, and Waugh, 1948; Strohl, Diffenbaugh, Baker, and Cheema, 1962; Thomas and Womack, 1952). This paper describes an attempt to establish whether the gross arte...

Ultrasonography examination revealed presence of gallstones and the patient electively decided to go for cholecystectomy. She had been diabetic for past 12 years and diabetes was controlled with combinations of drug, exercise and/or insulin injection as advised by her physician. Following cholecystectomy, gall bladder was taken to the laboratory and processed for routine histochemistry and immu...

Duplication of gall bladder is a rare congenital anomaly of the hepatobiliary system. It is a very important entity in clinical practice as preoperative diagnosis plays a significant role in the management and to avoid unnecessary bile duct injury during surgery. We report a case of duplicated gall bladder presenting as acute cholecystitis.

A case of acute renal failure after consumption of fish gall bladder as traditional medical remedy is reported. The patient fully recovered with conservative treatment. The risk of acute kidney failure and even multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following ingestion of fish gall bladder is highlighted.

We report a case of biliary peritonitis caused by gall bladder perforation due to Taenia saginata induced gangrenous cholecystitis. Although parasites are not unusual causes of biliary tract disorders, especially in disease endemic areas, but this is for the first time that Taenia saginata has been reported to cause gall bladder perforation.

Evidence is presented that the proliferating gall bladder epithelium in the dog and guinea pig is capable of stimulating bone formation in certain connective tissues such as the abdominal wall. Other connective tissue areas such as the subepithelial connective tissue of the gall bladder and urinary bladder do not share in this tissue reaction and resist the bone stimulus of the epithelium. The ...

(Journal, April 23, p. 884), particularly from the statistical point of view. There are certain debatable points. The number of cases-namely, sixty-four-examined by Dr. Laird appears to be much too limited. If one realizes that it is obviously necessary to consider different age groups separately, this number becomes even smaller (five, eleven, seventeen, and four in Dr. Laird's paper). In view...

BACKGROUND Bacterial community structures in human pancreatic and biliary tracts were evaluated. METHODS Gall bladder stones from 153 patients, 20 gall bladder walls, six common duct stones, 52 biliary stents, 21 duodenal biopsies, nine pancreatic duct biopsies, and five bile ducts were investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with ribosomal RNA targeted Cy3/Cy5 (carbocyan...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus and gall bladder stones are both common and costly diseases. Increasing age, female gender, overweight, familial history of the disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus is all associated with an increased risk of gallstones. Several studies from around the world reported an increased prevalence of gall bladder stones in patients with diabetes mellitus. AIMS AND OBJECT...

After feeding a dog, forceful contractions of the gall bladder occur that are sufficient in strength to expel part of the contents of the viscus against a considerable pressure resistance. The pressure within the gall bladder of a healthy, unanesthetized dog fasted 24 to 48 hours is usually about equal to a column of bile 100 mm. high. After a few swallows of food there is a rapid increase in t...