Gallstones

2 types:

Cholesterol Stones: (80% of all glallstones)

most are Radiolucent but 10-20% can be opaque

Causes = obesity, crohns, lots of babies, etc (Fat, Female, Fertile, Forty, Fart)

Pigment Stones (20% of all Gallstones)

Caused by patients with chronic RBC hemolysis, alcoholic cirrhosis, old age, biliary infection