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Choledocholithiasis history and symptoms
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
Symptoms usually do not occur unless the stone blocks the common bile duct. Symptoms that may occur include:
- Abdominal pain in the right upper or middle upper abdomen that may:
- Come and go
- Be sharp, cramping, or dull
- Spread to the back or below the right shoulder blade
- Get worse after eating fatty or greasy foods
- Occurs within minutes of a meal
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Jaundice (yellowing of skin and whites of eyes)
- Nausea
- Vomiting[1]
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