- In vertebrates, the
gallbladder, also
known as the cholecyst, is a
small hollow organ where bile is
stored and
concentrated before it is
released into...
- the
gallbladder.
Symptoms include right upper abdominal pain, pain in the
right shoulder, nausea, vomiting, and
occasionally fever.
Often gallbladder attacks...
- A
gallstone is a
stone formed within the
gallbladder from
precipitated bile components. The term
cholelithiasis may
refer to the
presence of gallstones...
- the
surgical removal of the
gallbladder.
Cholecystectomy is a
common treatment of
symptomatic gallstones and
other gallbladder conditions. In 2011, cholecystectomy...
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Gallbladder polyps are
growths or
lesions resembling growths (polypoid lesions) in the wall of the
gallbladder. True
polyps are
abnormal ac****ulations...
-
Gallbladder cancer is a
relatively uncommon cancer, with an
incidence of
fewer than 2
cases per 100,000
people per year in the
United States. It is particularly...
- The
gallbladder flush or
liver cleanse is an
alternative medicine practice involving fasting,
followed by the
ingestion of some
combination of
Epsom salt...
-
Gallbladder diseases are
diseases involving the
gallbladder and is
closely linked to
biliary disease, with the most
common cause being gallstones (cholelithiasis)...
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Porcelain gallbladder is a
calcification of the
gallbladder believed to be
brought on by
excessive gallstones,
although the
exact cause is not clear....
-
strawberry gallbladder, more
formally cholesterolosis of the
gallbladder and
gallbladder cholesterolosis, is a
change in the
gallbladder wall due to...
