Cholelithiasis
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What is the diagnosis?
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Cholelithiasis.
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Is there evidence of acute cholecystitis?
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You need to know whether the patient was tender or not (i.e. was Murphy sign positive) - this patient was not. There is also no secondary signs of gallbladder wall thickening or pericholecystic fluid.
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How common is cholelithiasis?
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Approximately 10% of the population have cholelithiasis with a M:F of 1:2.
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Cholelithiasis or gallstones is a very common cause of abdominal pain. Whenever cholelithiasis is seen in the acute, symptomatic setting the patient should also be examined for acute cholecystitis.
- +<p>Cholelithiasis or gallstones is a very common cause of abdominal pain. Whenever cholelithiasis is seen in the acute, symptomatic setting the patient should also be examined for acute cholecystitis. </p>
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