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gallstonePebblelike, insoluble accretion formed in the human gall bladder or bile ducts from cholesterol or calcium salts present in bile. Gallstones may be symptomless or they may cause pain, indigestion, or jaundice. They can be dissolved with medication or removed, either by means of an endoscope or, along with the gall bladder, in an operation known as cholecystectomy. |
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Very-low-calorie diets are very effective for weight reduction, (127) and the nutritionally adequate formulas used today have fewer associated health problems (eg, gout, cholelithiasis, hair loss) as compared with the VLCD formulas used in the 1970s. The patient's work-up included a normal abdominal computer tomography; abdominal ultrasound showed nonobstructing cholelithiasis. For example, instead of a guideline for the management of gallbladder disease, we may develop a requirement set for the patient between 20 and 50 years old, with symptomatic, radiologically proven cholelithiasis and with no co-existing disease. |
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