Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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

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