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visceral gallbladder
visceral gall bladder pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| this presents as cholesterol in the white race and pigment stones in other races | cholelithiasis |
| how are most gall stones visualized? | ultrasounds |
| a patient with cholelithiasis will present in which 2 ways? | asymptomatic or biliary colic |
| biliary colic | spasmotic pain at murphy's point |
| the "five F's" characterize what disease? | cholelithiasis |
| the etiology for this disease includes increased cholesterol or decreased bile salts or decreased gall bladder motility for cholesterol stones | cholelithiasis |
| what are some predisposing factors for cholelithiasis? | sickle cell anemia and parasitic infection |
| gall stones in the common bile duct | choledocholithiasis |
| acute cholecystitis is caused by what? | cholelithiasis or bacteria |
| edematous enlarged gall bladder, pain at murphy's point radiating to the right shoulder, fever with chills, leukocytosis | acute cholecystitis |
| complications of acute cholesystitis include what? | empyema bladder, perforation and peritonitis |
| persistent inflammation of the gall bladder associated with gass stones or repeated attacks of acute cholecystitis | chronic cholecystitis |
| thick, firm and contracted gall bladder wherein the wall may become calcified (porcelain gall bladder) | chronic cholecystitis |
| how will a patient with chronic cholecystits present? | nonspecific vague abdominal symptoms |
| what is the most common benign tumor of the gall bladder? | papilloma |
| common in women where porcelain bladder is prone to become a cancerous gall bladder | cholangio adenocarcinoma |
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