Background-Although polypoid lesions ofthe gall bladder are frequently observed in asymptomatic subjects, the natural history of these lesions has never been studied using ultrasonography. Aim-The natural history of polypoid lesions ofthe gall bladder was investigated using ultrasonography. Subjects-Among 4343 patients who presented to the outpatient clinic of Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital i...

Three cases of gall bladder distention in asphyxiated newborns are described. Clinical and ultrasound examination showed this to be a benign, transient phenomenon. A causal relation between tissue hypoxia and gall bladder distention is proposed.

Malakoplakia, a rare inflammatory condition usually occurring in the urinary tract, may occasionally be seen in other viscera, including the gall bladder. We describe one of the few cases of malakoplakia in the gall bladder, wherein, due to diagnostic confusion with carcinoma as well as operative difficulty, open cholecystectomy was necessitated. Malakoplakia of the gall bladder may be seen rar...

Gall bladder perforation is a potentially life-threatening condition. Spontaneous perforation is infrequent and rarely seen in the absence of gallstones but gall bladder perforation is an occasional complication of typhoid fever. If such perforations are not treated in time, mortality rates are very high. We report a case of gall bladder perforation complicating typhoid fever following enteric ...

Meal frequency and duration of overnight fast: a role in gallstone formation? Supersaturation of bile with cholesterol is a necessary condition for the formation of cholesterol gall stones.' Most normal people have lithogenic bile after an overnight fast,2 and short-term fasting is associated with a decreased rate of biliary bile-acid secretion and an increase in cholesterol saturation of hepat...

OBJECTIVE To report clinical findings and explore prognostic factors for dogs that had cholecystectomy for gall bladder mucocele. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. ANIMALS Dogs (n = 43) with gall bladder mucoceles. RESULTS Diagnosis of gall bladder mucoceles was confirmed by histopathology and 74% were diagnosed based on preoperative abdominal ultrasonography. Intraoperative evidenc...

This study was carried out to assess pancreatic duct abnormalities in gall stone disease. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms of 50 patients with gall stone disease were analysed and the results compared with those obtained in 33 patients investigated for cholestatic jaundice who were found to have a normal biliary tree (control group). Abnormal pancreatograms were obtained in 24 (48%...

BACKGROUND Although polypoid lesions of the gall bladder are frequently observed in asymptomatic subjects, the natural history of these lesions has never been studied using ultrasonography. AIM The natural history of polypoid lesions of the gall bladder was investigated using ultrasonography. SUBJECTS Among 4343 patients who presented to the outpatient clinic of Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hosp...

Very little is known about the normal temporal and quantitative relationships between gastric emptying and gall bladder emptying. Using a non-invasive double isotope technique these relationships were investigated in 22 normal healthy adults. 99Tcm EHIDA was used as the biliary tracer and 113Inm labelled bran as the gastric content tracer. Gastric emptying was monoexponential with a t1/2 of 45 ...