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 These specimens are very common and could be classified as a [[ditzel]].
-Cholecystectomies are usually done for:
+Cholecystectomies are usually done for [[chronic cholecystitis]] (increasingly common due to prevalence of [[obesity]]). Less common indications are [[acute cholecystitis]] and [[gallstones]] (may cause [[gallstone pancreatitis]], [[Mirizzi syndrome]].<ref name=pmid7914773>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hsu | first1 = YB. | last2 = Yu | first2 = SC. | last3 = Lee | first3 = PH. | last4 = Wei | first4 = TC. | title = An uncommon cause of biliary obstruction (Mirizzi syndrome): report of five cases. | journal = J Formos Med Assoc | volume = 93 | issue = 4 | pages = 314-9 | month = Apr | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 7914773 }}</ref>).
-*[[Chronic cholecystitis]] (increasingly common due to prevalence of [[obesity]]).
-Less common indications are:
-*[[Acute cholecystitis]].
-*[[Gallstones]] - as it may cause [[gallstone pancreatitis]].
-*[[Mirizzi syndrome]].<ref name=pmid7914773>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hsu | first1 = YB. | last2 = Yu | first2 = SC. | last3 = Lee | first3 = PH. | last4 = Wei | first4 = TC. | title = An uncommon cause of biliary obstruction (Mirizzi syndrome): report of five cases. | journal = J Formos Med Assoc | volume = 93 | issue = 4 | pages = 314-9 | month = Apr | year = 1994 | doi =  | PMID = 7914773 }}</ref>
 ==Specimen opening==