Gallbladder diseases are diseases involving the gallbladder and is closely linked to biliary disease, with the most common cause being gallstones (cholelithiasis)...
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disease. The gallbladder is a hollow grey-blue organ that sits in a shallow depression below the right lobe of the liver. In adults, the gallbladder measures...
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Gallstone (redirect from Gallbladder stone)
within the gallbladder from precipitated bile components. The term cholelithiasis may refer to the presence of gallstones or to any disease caused by gallstones...
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Cholecystitis (redirect from Gallbladder rupture)
the gallbladder. Symptoms include right upper abdominal pain, pain in the right shoulder, nausea, vomiting, and occasionally fever. Often gallbladder attacks...
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cholecystectomy. Gallbladder adenocarcinoma histopathology Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare form of gallbladder disease which mimics gallbladder cancer...
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intestine and rectum, and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The oral cavity is part of the gastrointestinal system...
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Porcelain gallbladder is a calcification of the gallbladder believed to be brought on by excessive gallstones, although the exact cause is not clear....
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Cholecystostomy (redirect from Gallbladder drainage)
in 1867. It is sometimes used in cases of cholecystitis or other gallbladder disease where the person is ill, and there is a need to delay or defer cholecystectomy...
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Biliary colic (redirect from Gallbladder attack)
and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Treatment for gallbladder attacks is typically surgery to remove the gallbladder. This can be either done through...
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Cholecystectomy (redirect from Gallbladder removal)
the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Cholecystectomy is a common treatment of symptomatic gallstones and other gallbladder conditions. In 2011, cholecystectomy...
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis (redirect from Walter Payton's Disease)
sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a long-term progressive disease of the liver and gallbladder characterized by inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts...
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Warren Henry Cole. It is usually indicated in cases of suspected gallbladder disease, and can also be used to determine or rule out the presence of intermittent...
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Adenomyoma (section Gallbladder Adenomyoma)
found at multiple locations in the body. Gallbladder adenomyomatosis is a benign disease of the gallbladder characterized by hyperplasia of the mucosal...
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Biliary sludge (redirect from Gallbladder sludge)
The sluggish gallbladder". Digestive and Liver Disease. 35 Suppl 3: S39-45. doi:10.1016/s1590-8658(03)00093-8. PMID 12974509. "Gallbladder and Bile Duct...
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area when a patient with gallbladder disease takes a deep breath.[citation needed] Courvoisier's law – when the gallbladder is palpable, painless jaundice...
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Estrogen (medication) (section Gallbladder disease)
blood clots, stroke, heart attack), cholestatic hepatotoxicity, gallbladder disease (e.g., gallstones), hyperprolactinemia, prolactinoma, and dementia...
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Other serious side effects may include angioedema, pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, and kidney problems. Use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is of unclear...
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Gastroenterology (section Disease classification)
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, peptic ulcer disease, gallbladder and biliary tract disease, hepatitis, pancreatitis, colitis, colon polyps and...
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most benign gallbladder polyps[citation needed]. Adenomyomatosis describes a diseased state of the gallbladder in which the gallbladder wall is excessively...
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Coeliac disease (British English) or celiac disease (American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder, primarily affecting the small intestine, where...
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strawberry gallbladder, more formally cholesterolosis of the gallbladder and gallbladder cholesterolosis, is a change in the gallbladder wall due to...
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produced continuously by the liver, and stored and concentrated in the gallbladder. After a human eats, this stored bile is discharged into the first section...
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Ascending cholangitis (category Infectious diseases)
PMC 1493983. PMID 2930289. Bateson MC (June 1999). "Fortnightly review: gallbladder disease". BMJ. 318 (7200): 1745–8. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1745. PMC 1116086...
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with a lower prevalence of gallbladder disease, but this association was not seen in non-drinkers. Alcoholic liver disease is a major public health problem...
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Choledocholithiasis 575 Other disorders of gallbladder 575.0 Cholecystitis, acute 575.9 Gallbladder disease, unspec. 576 Other disorders of biliary tract...
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following diseases: Coronary artery disease Dyslipidemia Type 2 diabetes Gallbladder disease Hypertension Osteoarthritis Sleep apnea Stroke Infertility At least...
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Biliary diseases include gallbladder disease and biliary tract diseases. In 2013 they resulted in 106,000 deaths up from 81,000 deaths in 1990. malignant...
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Courvoisier's law (redirect from Courvoisier gallbladder)
sign, or Courvoisier syndrome) states that a painless palpably enlarged gallbladder accompanied with mild jaundice is unlikely to be caused by gallstones...
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obstructions of the gallbladder (like strictures) hydrops, perforation, fistula cholesterolosis biliary dyskinesia ICD-10 code K83: other diseases of the biliary...
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the patient's needs. A sudden worsening of gallbladder disease may require immediate removal of the gallbladder by emergency surgery, but this surgery is...
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