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2753617

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-5
pubmed:abstractText
A recent study put forward the hypothesis that microlithiasis may represent an early stage in the development of biliary calculi. It is an established fact that cholesterol crystals are the product of an inevitable stage in the sequence leading to gallstone formation. To test the hypothesis stated above ten patients affected by gallbladder cholesterol microlithiasis (CM) were examined in the lipid composition of the bile, the cholesterol saturation index and the presence of cholesterol crystals being calculated. The results were compared with those of 14 patients affected by pigment microliths, 24 with larger stones (LS) and ten control patients. The cholesterol saturation index was above one in all CM patients, whereas in some LS patients the gall-bladder bile was not supersaturated. Cholesterol crystals were observed in the gallbladders of all CM patients and seven LS patients. These results would seem to provide support for the hypothesis of microcalculi as being "young stones", with the bile of CM patients maintaining the conditions leading to gallstone formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-8868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
104-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Cholesterol crystals in biliary microlithiasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of General Clinical Surgery II and Surgical Therapy, University of Parma, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article