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cholecystolithiasis

cholecystolithiasis

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Noun

cholecystolithiasis (plural cholecystolithiases)

  1. The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
    • 2015 July 9, Yi-Ren Hu et al., “Efficacy and safety of B-mode ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in elderly and high-risk patients”, in BMC Gastroenterology, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12876-015-0294-2:
      Gallbladder swelling and wall thickening were found using liver and gallbladder B-ultrasound and 26 cases had pericholecystic fluid and 63 cases had cholecystolithiasis.

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