Mirizzi syndrome is a rare gallbladder pathology characterized by an impacted gallstone in the gallbladder neck or cystic duct causing extrinsic compression of the common hepatic duct. Although pain ...

A 70-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presented with obstructive jaundice. An ultrasound revealed multiple gallstones, and the large neck of a gallbladder stone is causing stricture (3 cm ...

The gallbladder is an expandable pear-shaped organ located beneath your liver. The gallbladder stores bile — a dark green fluid that helps your body digest and absorb food. Sometimes this process is ...

Calculous cholecystitis is a gallbladder inflammation that occurs due to the presence of gallstones (cholelithiasis). These gallstones can block the cystic duct, the channel through which bile flows ...

The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was recently released from the hospital after being diagnosed and treated for acute cholecystitis — a benign gallbladder condition. While acute cholecystitis ...

Gallstones are crystal-like deposits that develop in the gallbladder-- a small, pear-shaped organ that stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver. These deposits may be as small as a grain ...