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In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components. Cholesterol stones are usually green, but are sometimes white or yellow in color and account for about 80 percent of gallstones. They are made primarily of cholesterol. Pigment stones are small, dark stones made of bilirubin and calcium salts that are found in bile. They account for the other 20 percent of gallstones. Risk factors for pigment s ...
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Complications
... Complications of gallstones may include: Blockage of the common bile duct. In some cases, gallstones can block the ducts that lead from your gallbladder, liver or pancreas to your small intestine. The...
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Treatment ... Because the majority of gallstones produce no symptoms, they require no treatment. Doctors often discover these "silent stones" during routine medical checkups or exams for other illnesses and usually...
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Gallstones
... Presence of calculi in the gallbladder (Cholelithiasis) or the biliary duct(choledocholithiasis). Many factors appear to influence the development of gallstones, from sex to racial group, but fundamen...
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Gallstones ... Gallstones are stone deposits of a mixture of cholesterol (the same fatlike substance that clogs arteries), bilirubin, and protein that are found in the gallbladder or bile ducts. These stones can ran...
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