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Gallstone

A gallstone is a stone formed within the gallbladder out of precipitated bile components. The term cholelithiasis may refer to the presence of gallstones or to any disease caused by gallstones, and choledocholithiasis refers to presence of migrated gallstones within bile ducts. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Cholelithiasis
Gallstones
Subtypes
Calcium bilirubinate gallstone
Calcium carbonate gallstone
May Cause
Abdominal calcification in an infant or child
Acute cholecystitis
Acute pancreatitis
Annular abdominal calcification
Bouveret syndrome
Calcification in gallbladder or common bile duct
Chronic cholecystitis
Fetal intra-abdominal calcification
Filling defect in stomach
Hepatic calcification
High-attenuation bile
Increased attenuation of gallbladder lumen
Layering abdominal calcifications
Mirizzi syndrome
Multiple small bowel filling defects
Nonshadowing lesion in the gallbladder
Solitary filling defect in colon
Solitary small bowel mass with preserved mucosa
T1-hyperintense intraluminal gallbladder lesion
T2-hypointense intraluminal gallbladder lesion
Terminal ileum lesion
May Be Caused by
Caroli disease
Cystic fibrosis
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Hemolytic anemia
Hemophilia
Hyperlipoproteinemia
Immunoglobulin A deficiency
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Postcholecystectomy syndrome
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Pyruvate kinase deficiency anemia
Sickle cell disease
Somatostaninoma syndrome
Spherocytosis
Thalassemia
Wilson disease

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