The prevalence of gallstones is 10% to 15% in adults. Individuals with acute cholecystitis present with right upper quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis. Management includes supportive care and cholecystectomy. The prevalence of choledocholithiasis is 10% to 20%, and serious complications include
From 1990 through 1993, we treated 36 patients with recurrent typical biliary colic but who showed no ultrasonic evidence of cholelithiasis by laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Associated symptoms included nausea (75%), bloating (56%), fatty-food intolerance (53%), vomiting (17%), weight loss (31%),
Gallbladder mesenchymal tumours are rare. The more common include fibroma, lipoma or haemangioma. A gallbladder osteoma is very rare indeed there is only one other case reported in medical literature). We report a new case.A 66-year-old female presented to
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