Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Normal Gallbladder
Gallstones
Two main types:
Cholesterol Stones
Pigment Stones
Cholesterol Stones
Formation involves four simultaneous conditions:
1. 2. 3. 4. Bile is supersaturated with cholesterol Gallbladder hypomotility leads to nucleation Cholesterol nucleation is accelerated Hypersecretion of mucus in gallbladder traps the nucleated crystals Aggregation into stones
Cholesterol Stones
Arise exclusively in the gallbladder Pure cholesterol stones (rare)
± Pale yellow, round to ovoid & finely granular, hard external surface
Pigment Stones
Classified as:
± Black Pigment Stones ± Brown Pigment Stones
Acute Cholecystitis
Acute Cholecystitis
Acute Cholecystitis
Chronic Cholecystitis
Chronic cholecystitis