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Gallstone disease classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Gallstone disease may be classified according to the chemical analysis of gallstone. In this way, there are 3 subtypes: pure cholesterol, pure bilirubin stones and mixed.
Classification
Classification
- Gallstone disease may be divided into 3 subtypes according to chemical analysis of gallstones :[1][2]
- Pure cholesterol
- Bilirubin
- Mixed or composite:
- Mixed cholesterol
- Calcium carbonate
- Calcium palmitate
- Calcium phosphate
- Black phosphate
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 |  | Mixed cholesterol |  | Calcium carbonate |  | Calcium palmitate |  | Calcium phosphate |  | Black phosphate |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
References
- ↑ Cariati A (2015). “Gallstone Classification in Western Countries”. Indian J Surg. 77 (Suppl 2): 376–80. doi:10.1007/s12262-013-0847-y. PMC 4692910. PMID 26730029.
- ↑ Jarrar BM, Al-Rowaili MA (2011). “Chemical composition of gallstones from Al-jouf province of saudi arabia”. Malays J Med Sci. 18 (2): 47–52. PMC 3216212. PMID 22135586.
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