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==Cholelithiasis==
==Cholelithiasis==
===General===
*Often accompanies cholecystitis/contributes and/or causes cholecystitis
*Often accompanies cholecystitis/contributes and/or causes cholecystitis


The two types of gallstones:
The two types of gallstones:
*Cholesterol stones
*Cholesterol stones.
**More common than pigment stone.
*Pigment stones.
**Appearance:
***Clear or yellow.
***Opaque or translucent.
***Sometimes shinny.
*Pigment stones
**Due to high [[RBC]] turnover, e.g. [[sickle cell disease]], thalassemia.
**Appearance:
***Black - '''key feature'''.
***Dull.


Note: Most stones are a mix technically speaking, i.e. cholesterol and pigment.  Many call yellow stones that are often a mix "cholesterol stones".
Note:  
*Most stones technically speaking are a mix, i.e. cholesterol and pigment.  Many call yellow stones that are a mix "cholesterol stones".


Crystalline gallstones -- UC association (?):<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1358536</ref>
====Cholesterol stones====
*More common than pigment stone.
 
Appearance:
*Clear or yellow.
*Opaque or translucent.
*Sometimes shinny.
 
====Pigment stones====
*Due to high [[RBC]] turnover, e.g. [[sickle cell disease]], thalassemia.
*Radio-opaque.<ref>URL: [http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b2.pharmaceutical/b2.1.monographs/CPS-%20Monographs/CPS-%20%28General%20Monographs-%20U%29/URSOFALK.html http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b2.pharmaceutical/b2.1.monographs/CPS-%20Monographs/CPS-%20%28General%20Monographs-%20U%29/URSOFALK.html]. Accessed on: 29 October 2011.</ref>
 
Appearance:
*Black - '''key feature'''.
*Dull.


=Less common pathologic diagnoses=
=Less common pathologic diagnoses=
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