Cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation, can sometimes cause jaundice if something blocks the flow of bile from the gallbladder. Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder. There are ...
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 ...
The patient is a 13-year-old female with a 2-year history of dyspepsia and a recent clinical episode of acute cholecystitis confirmed on ultrasound; the ducts and alkaline phosphatase were normal. She ...
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