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Biliary System
Biliary Colic
Cholangitis
Cholecystitis
Gallstone Disease
Gallstone Ileus
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Obstructive Jaundice
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Mirizzi Sydrome
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Gallbladder
Examination
- appears from tip of 9th rib
- connot get between it and liver edge
- dull to percussion
- smooth surface
- moves down on inspiration
Disorders
- Gallstone Disease
- Enlargement
- obstruction of cystic duct
- obstruction of common bile duct
- Courvoisier's law
- "If gallbladder is palpable and patient is jaundiced, the
obstruction of the bile duct causing the jaundice is unlikely to be
due to a stone"
- gallbladder mass
- inflammation with adherent omentum
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