Sigmoid colon gallstone ileus is a mechanical large bowel obstruction caused by a biliary stone which migrates into the colon through a cholecysto-enteric fistula and gets impacted in the sigma. It is a very rare complication of gallbladder calculosis in the general population, but its frequency increases with age, with elderly people being the most frequently affected. Diagnosis is often delay...

The goals of this study were to isolate and characterize the nonlipid matrix of human cholesterol gallstones. The lipid portion of gallstones was dissolved in ethanol/ether, leaving an insoluble, granular, brown-black matrix that constituted 12.5% of solitary large stones and 3.5% of multiple small stones. The matrix was partially solubilized by sonication and studied by exclusion gel chromatog...

The incidence of gallstones is 10-15%, making it one the most common causes surgical admissions. number admissions and operations for gallstone disease increasing. Commonly are formed in gallbladder but can also develop biliary tree. Commonly, made cholesterol. Even though exact cause supersaturation bile not known, there multiple associate factors formation. Most patients with never experience...

An 85-year-old woman was an outpatient treated at Tokyo Rosai Hospital for cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B. She had previously been diagnosed as having common bile duct stones, for which she underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). However, as stone removal was unsuccessful, a plastic stent was placed after endoscopic sphincterotomy. In October 2012, the stent was replac...

CONTEXT Current management of gallstone pancreatitis in a university hospital. OBJECTIVE Comparison of current management of gallstone pancreatitis with recommendations in national guidelines. SETTING Tertiary care centre in Scotland. SUBJECTS One-hundred consecutive patients admitted with gallstone pancreatitis. METHODS All patients that presented with gallstone pancreatitis over a 4-y...

introduction: despite presence of a body of evidence in support of high accuracy of cholecystokinin cholescintigraphy (cck-cs) , for diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis(cc) , some authors have claimed that  gallbladder ejection fraction (gbef)  has poor predictive diagnostic values. the purpose of this study was to determine if there is any difference in gbef between normal individuals and patie...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Gallstone impaction at the ampulla of Vater is a critical condition, and the standard treatment is endoscopic papillotomy. However, the clinical features remain largely unclear, and some patients are reluctant to undergo papillotomy because of a bleeding tendency. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical features of gallstone impaction at the ampulla of Vater ...

Determining the zinc level in children's blood plasma is an urgent problem, given its possible participation formation of cholelithiasis.Aim. To investigate and clinical course gallstone disease (GSD) children.Methods. 69 children aged 10-17 years 25 without biliary tract pathology were selected by method simple randomization. Verification diagnosis was carried out applying dynamic ultrasound e...