Abdominal ultrasonography showing biliary sludge and gallstones
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Gastroenterology
Biliary sludge refers to a viscous mixture of small particles derived from bile.[1][2] These sediments consist of cholesterol crystals, calcium salts, calcium bilirubinate, mucin, and other materials.[1][2][3]
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materials. Biliarysludge may cause complications such as biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, acute cholangitis, and acute pancreatitis. Biliarysludge has been...
CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) KO, CYNTHIA (2005). "BiliarySludge Is Formed by Modification of Hepatic Bile by the Gallbladder Mucosa"...
abdomen. Biliary Microlithiasis may be detectable by ultrasound using a Rapid Patient Rotation Ultrasound Protocol Analysis of biliarysludge obtained...
as seen on ultrasound. There is 4 mm gall bladder wall thickening. Biliarysludge and gallstones. There is borderline thickening of the gallbladder wall...
headache and dizziness. Ceftriaxone may precipitate in bile, causing biliarysludge, biliary pseudolithiasis, and gallstones, especially in children. Hypoprothrombinaemia...
used as medical therapy in gallstone disease (cholelithiasis) and for biliarysludge. UDCA helps reduce the cholesterol saturation of bile and leads to gradual...
"reversible ceftriaxone-associated biliary pseudolithiasis". Ceftriaxone has been frequently associated with biliarysludge or biliary pseudolithiasis in subsequent...
gallstones, wall thickening and fluid around the gall bladder Gallstones and biliarysludge, but the gallbladder wall is not clearly thickened, with no edema in...
stones. During pregnancy when female sex hormones are naturally raised, biliarysludge (particulate material derived from bile that is composed of cholesterol...
and 100% of patients on TPN longer than 13 weeks develop biliarysludge. The formation of sludge is the result of stasis due to lack of enteric stimulation...
Additionally the composition of biliarysludge has been suggested to encourage the formation of a mucocele. Biliarysludge occurs when more water or mucin...
known as Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses. These sinuses may be filled with biliarysludge, cholesterol crystals, or gallstones. There are three morphologic variants...
complication for stenting of malignant biliary stricture. Stent occlusion may occur from tumor or tissue overgrowth, or due to sludge deposits, causing the development...
mL/min) Patients with active liver disease, including those with primary biliary cirrhosis and unexplained persistent liver function test abnormalities...
tarnished-silver or aluminum paint-like feces color characteristically results when biliary obstruction of any type (white stool) combines with gastrointestinal bleeding...
levels of amylase and lipase. Occasionally, a worm can travel through the biliary tree and even into the gallbladder, causing acute cholangitis or acute...
the sphincter of Oddi prevents the accumulation of particulate matter and sludge in the bile ducts, reducing the risk of cholangitis. The sphincter of Oddi...
enumeration in samples of human excreta from dried feces, faecal sludge, wastewater, and sewage sludge are: soil-transmitted helminths, including Ascaris lumbricoides...
monoisobutyl phthalate (MIBP). The primary excretory route is urine, with biliary excretion being noted in minor amounts. DIBP has lower density and freezing...
enterocolitis, fermentation colitis. In chronic hepatitis, posthepatitis states, biliary disorders, sequelae after on the bile ducts surgery. In nutrition diseases:...
return excess unstored copper to the liver for additional storage and/or biliary excretion. These mechanisms ensure that free unbound toxic ionic copper...
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