Rubin's Gallbladder Flashcards
“most common dilations in the extrahepatic bile ducts”
choledochal cysts
“failure to form or early destruction of extrahepatic biliary tree”
Biliary atresia
“stones within the gallbladder lumen or in the extrahepatic biliary tree”
Cholelithiasis
Gallstone ileus?
small intestine is obstructed by an almost passed gallstone
Most common gallstones?
cholesterol stone
Risk factors for gallstones?
Fat, fourty, fertile, female
“stones containingCa bilirubinate, bilirubin polymers, Ca salts and mucin”
black pigment stones
“stone containing Ca bilirubinate + cholesterol”
brown pigment stones
Risk factors for brown stones?
Helminth infections, bacterial infections
Which stones are radioluscent?
Cholesterol
“diffuse inflammation ofthe gallbladder”
acute cholescytsiitis
“waxing and waning RUQ pain due to gallbladder contracting against a stone”
Biliary colic
most common diseaseof the gall bladder?
Chronic cholecystitis
What causes acalculous cholecystitis?
sepsis, servere trauma, salmonella infection of the gallbladder, polyarteritis nodosa
“accumulation of cholesterol laden macrophages within the gallbladder submucosa”
cholesterolosis
