Saturday, March 1, 2008

The gallstone complications

Gallstones in the gallbladder can not lifelong any symptoms, but the majority of gallstones Without reasonable treatment and eventually can cause a variety of complications, or even life-threatening complications : 1, gallstones and chronic cholecystitis is the most common complications. 2, gall stones in the gallbladder incarcerated neck of the gallbladder or with acute cholecystitis, gallbladder gangrene, gallbladder perforation, peritonitis, etc.. 3, cholelithiasis (especially small stones) with acute pancreatitis, or even life-threatening acute necrotizing pancreatitis. 4, gallstones can cause Mirizzi syndrome, jaundice, fever and other manifestations. 5, gallstone and gallbladder can cause gastrointestinal tract fistula (gallbladder and common gastrointestinal), sometimes forming gallstone ileus. 6, gallstones can cause cholecystitis polyps. 7, gallstones caused gallbladder is an important predisposing factor. 8, gallstones can cause shrinkage of cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation enable smaller size, biliary wall thickening, gallbladder around adhesion. 9, gallstones can cause chronic suppurative cholangitis. 10, gallstones can be secondary choledocholithiasis, causing severe obstructive jaundice and acute suppurative cholangitis. 11, gallstones can cause ceramic gallbladder. 12, gallstones can cause bile-heart syndrome.

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