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Gallstones : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Gallstones
Forty percent of all patients with gallstones have"silent gallstones" that produce no symptoms. Silent stones, discovered only when their presence is indicated by tests performed to diagnose other symptoms, do not require treatment.Gallstone probl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is inflammation or infection of the pancreas. The pancreas, a gland located behind the stomach, releases the hormones insulin and glucagon and substances that help with digestion.For more information, see the specific type of pancreat...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 17, 2008
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, an organ that is important in digestion. In pancreatitis, normal digestive enzymes act abnormally to break down the pancreas itself.The pancreas is a complex organ with many critical functions for n...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, an organ that is important in digestion. Pancreatitis can be acute, beginning suddenly, usually with the patient recovering fully; or chronic, progressing slowly with permanent injury to the pancrea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, an organ that is important in digestion. Pancreatitis can be acute(beginning suddenly, usually with the patient recovering fully) or chronic(progressing slowly with continued, permanent injury to th...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Choledocholithiasis
Choledocholithiasis is the presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct. The stone may consist of bile pigments or calcium and cholesterol salts.Gallstone in the bile duct; Bile duct stone; Bile calculus; Biliary calculus.About 15% of people wi...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 3, 2008
Chronic cholecystitis
Chronic cholecystitis is long-standing swelling and irritation of the gallbladder.Chronic cholecystitis is usually caused by repeated attacks of acute cholecystitis. This leads to thickening of the gallbladder walls.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 5, 2009
Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis refers to a painful inflammation of the gallbladder''s wall. The disorder can occur a single time(acute), or can recur multiple times(chronic).The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ in the upper right hand corner of the abdomen.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cholangitis
Cholangitis is an infection of the common bile duct, the tube that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder and intestines. Bile is a chemical made by the liver that helps digest food.Cholangitis is usually caused by a bacterial infection, w...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 20, 2008
Cholangitis
The term cholangitis means inflammation of the bile ducts. The term applies to inflammation of any portion of the bile ducts, which carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and intestine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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