conclusions the results of the present study showed that, in a rural hospital setting in a developing country, laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis was associated with shorter hospital stay, less infectious morbidity rates, and reduced costs, compared to open surgery. thus, laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be advised as a routine technique for management of cholelithia...

There are three common types of gallbladder disorders, Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Functional Gallbladder Disorder. Cholelithiasis is a disease characterized by the formation of gallstones and/or the accumulation of biliary sludge in the gallbladder or cystic duct. Cholecystitis is a disease characterized by chronic or acute infection and inflammation of the gallbladder. Functional gallb...

BACKGROUND Intraductal and invasive adenocarcinoma of duct of Luschka is rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case report of intraductal and invasive carcinoma arising from ducts of Luschka. CASE PRESENTATION Patient presented to hospital with signs and symptoms of chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Ultrasound examination revealed thickening of gallbladder wall with a...

Tuberculosis of the cystic duct lymph node associated with cholelithiasis is rare. We report a case of a 40 year-old woman with this pathology. She presented with anorexia, biliary colic, postprandial fullness and fever. Imaging studies revealed cholelithiasis and several visible portal lymph nodes. Cholecystectomy was performed and histopathological examination showed tuberculosis of the cysti...

Various investigators agree that the incidence of cholelithiasis is greater in patients with Chagas disease. The most plausible explanation for this is based on the parasympathetic denervation that occurs over the whole digestive tract due to Chagas disease. In order to analyze the occurrence of this alteration, gallbladder neuron counts were performed on cholelithiasis patients with and withou...

The immunocytochemical distribution of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was studied in healthy and diseased regions of the human gall bladder wall obtained after operation for cholelithiasis. Ganglionated plexuses containing VIP-like immunoreactive nerves and fibers were located in the subepithelial and muscle layer of the normal region, suggesting that VIP may exert gall bladder function, w...

Yamanaka et al. described two case studies involving coexistent cholelithiasis, hiatal hernia, and umbilical hernias, and discussed clinical similarities with the classical features of the Saint's triad. Cholelithiasis, hiatal hernia, and colonic diverticulosis characterize the classical triad, but some authors have included any type of hernia due to herniosis-a developmental disorder of the ex...

A 52-year-old woman with follicular thyroid carcinoma presented for ablative radioiodide and whole body I-131 imaging following subtotal thyroidectomy. An abnormal focus of increased activity was present in the region of the gallbladder fossa, persistent on delayed imaging. Subsequent CT revealed no hepatic metastases. Contemporaneously, the patient described right upper quadrant abdominal pain...