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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Calculi > Gallstones
Digestive System Diseases > Biliary Tract Diseases > Gallbladder Diseases > Cholecystolithiasis > Gallstones
Digestive System Diseases > Biliary Tract Diseases > Cholelithiasis > Cholecystolithiasis > Gallstones

Preferred term

Gallstones  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Biliary Calculi
  • Calculi, Biliary
  • Gall Stone
  • Gallstone
  • Gall Stones

Scope note

  • Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.

History note

  • 2004; use CHOLELITHIASIS 1975-2003

In other languages

  • sappikivet

    Finnish

  • cholelithus
  • sappikivi
  • Gallstenar

    Swedish

  • Stenar i ductus choledochus
  • Stenar i gemensamma gallgången

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D042882

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