gallstones/edema

The efficiency of sonographic gallstone diagnosis was checked retrospectively by examining a group of surgical patients. In 724 patients examined preoperatively during 1974 to 1981, cholecystectomy was performed four times on the basis of a false positive sonographic diagnosis. False negative

The role of endogenously released cholecystokinin (CCK) in mediating gallblader (GB) contraction was evaluated in 12 normal volunteers and 24 patients with gallstones (11 additional gallstone patients were excluded because of failure of adequate ultrasonographic visualization). CCK concentrations

In some patients, gallstones are asymptomatic, lying dormant in the gallbladder or wedged in the cystic duct. In others, stones cause specific symptoms of gallbladder disease, such as biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, or cholangitis. Symptoms of flatulent dyspepsia are not markers of gallstone

OBJECTIVE To examine the utility of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) in the preoperative evaluation of patients with gallstone pancreatitis. BACKGROUND Gallstone pancreatitis is often associated with the presence of common bile duct (CBD) stones that may require endoscopic removal prior to

Recently published literature on biliary extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has shown that high-energy ESWL utilizing high kV is more effective than the low-energy ESWL and low kV used previously. Prior studies have not reported injury to the gallbladder or adjacent liver following ESWL.

"Black" pigment gallstones form in sterile gallbladder bile in the presence of excess bilirubin conjugates ("hyperbilirubinbilia") from ineffective erythropoiesis, hemolysis, or induced enterohepatic cycling (EHC) of unconjugated bilirubin. Impaired gallbladder motility is a less well-studied risk

Our goal was to analyze the results obtained with the surgical treatment of gallstone ileus using a new video-assisted laparoscopic technique. Six patients with gallstone ileus were admitted to the Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín of Buenos Aires between March 1996 and April 1998. The

Hydrops of the gallbladder is a rare pediatric disease. It consists of acute distension of the gallbladder without associated congenital anomalies, biliary calculi or acute local inflammation. Although the etiology is unknown, it appears frequently associated with systemic illnesses. Hepatitis is a

Mono-octanoin (glycerol-1-mono-octanoate) is a medium-chain diglyceride used to dissolve gallstones. We describe a patient in whom noncardiogenic pulmonary edema developed during intrabiliary infusion of monooctanoin. The temporal sequence suggests that the drug infusion initiated the lung injury.

In a survey of 430 Lori-Bakhtiari sheep at a slaughterhouse in Iran, gallstones were found in the gallbladder of 7 sheep (1.6%). Biliary calculi were more frequent in adult and female sheep (P < 0.05). Chemical analysis of the gallstones revealed 6 sheep with pigment (bilirubin) stones and 1 sheep

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas caused by autodigestion of the gland by its enzymes. It includes a broad spectrum of pancreatic disease, which varies from parenchymal edema to necrosis. The objective of the current study was to describe the symptoms of the patients

OBJECTIVE We report on a patient with gallstone ileus and cholecystoduodenal fistula at the Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI (IMSS) Mexico City, Mexico. METHODS A 54-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. He had

During topical dissolution of gallstones, solvent can escape to the duodenum causing toxic effects that have not yet been adequately quantified. We compared the local intestinal cytotoxic and systemic hepatotoxic effects of two gallstone solvents, methyl tert-butyl ether and ethyl propionate, on the