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*Common in [[chronic cholecystitis]]. | *Common in [[chronic cholecystitis]]. | ||
*Seen in ~13% of cases in a large series of 23,304 gallbladders.<ref name=pmid21043073>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roa | first1 = I. | last2 = de Aretxabala | first2 = X. | last3 = Ibacache | first3 = G. | last4 = Muñoz | first4 = S. | title = [Association between cholesterolosis and gallbladder cancer]. | journal = Rev Med Chil | volume = 138 | issue = 7 | pages = 804-8 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = | PMID = 21043073 }}</ref> | *Seen in ~13% of cases in a large series of 23,304 gallbladders.<ref name=pmid21043073>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roa | first1 = I. | last2 = de Aretxabala | first2 = X. | last3 = Ibacache | first3 = G. | last4 = Muñoz | first4 = S. | title = [Association between cholesterolosis and gallbladder cancer]. | journal = Rev Med Chil | volume = 138 | issue = 7 | pages = 804-8 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi = | PMID = 21043073 }}</ref> | ||
**Slightly more common in women than men (14% of cases versus 10% of cases). | **Slightly more common in women than men (14% of cases in women versus 10% of cases in men). | ||
*Less likely to be associated with cancer than gallbladders without cholesterolosis; relative risk of cancer in non-cholesterolosis gallbladders 9.2.<ref name=pmid21043073/> | *Less likely to be associated with cancer than gallbladders without cholesterolosis; relative risk of cancer in non-cholesterolosis gallbladders 9.2.<ref name=pmid21043073/> | ||
*Associated with yellow [[gallstones]] (cholesterol type gallstones). | *Associated with yellow [[gallstones]] (cholesterol type gallstones). | ||