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{{ Infobox diagnosis | |||
| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | |||
| Image = Gallensteine_2006_03_28.JPG | |||
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| Caption = Yellow gallstones. (WC) | |||
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| Subtypes = cholesterol stones, pigment stones, mixed cholesterol/pigment stones | |||
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| Gross = yellow, black/brown or mixed (dependent on subtype) | |||
| Grossing = [[gallbladder grossing]] | |||
| Staging = | |||
| Site = [[gallbladder]] | |||
| Assdx = choledocholithiasis, (gallstone) [[pancreatitis]], [[acute cholecystitis]] (esp. if in gallbladder neck), [[chronic cholecystitis]] | |||
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| Prevalence = very common | |||
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| Prognosis = benign | |||
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}} | |||
'''Cholelithiasis''' is the formation of stones (gallstones) in the [[gallbladder]]. | '''Cholelithiasis''' is the formation of stones (gallstones) in the [[gallbladder]]. | ||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
*Not routinely done on gallstones. | *'''Not''' routinely done on gallstones. | ||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image: Gallstone -- intermed mag.jpg | GS - intermed. mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Gallstone -- high mag.jpg | GS - high mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Gallstone -- very high mag.jpg | GS - very high mag. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Sign out== | ==Sign out== | ||
<pre> | |||
Gallbladder, Cholecystectomy: | |||
- Cholelithiasis. | |||
- Gallbladder with minimal chronic inflammation. | |||
</pre> | |||
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<pre> | <pre> | ||
GALLBLADDER CHOLECYSTECTOMY: | GALLBLADDER CHOLECYSTECTOMY: | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
===Micro | ===Micro=== | ||
The sections show gallbladder wall and cystic duct with scattered lymphocytes. There is no significant nuclear atypia. Neutrophils are not readily apparent. No definite entrapped epithelial crypts are identified within the gallbladder wall. The gallbladder wall is not significantly thickened. | The sections show gallbladder wall and cystic duct with scattered lymphocytes. There is no significant nuclear atypia. Neutrophils are not readily apparent. No definite entrapped epithelial crypts are identified within the gallbladder wall. The gallbladder wall is not significantly thickened. | ||