These are often discovered incidentally through X-rays or abdominal surgery. The precise cause of gallstones is unclear, but ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Gallstones are hardened build-ups of calcium and cholesterol that form in your ...

For those experiencing unexplained upper abdominal pain, doctors recommend seeking medical advice instead of self-medicating ...

Cattle gallstones are valuable due to their use in Chinese medicine. Some stones sell for twice the price of gold.

Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball. When gallstones cause symptoms, the gallbladder is usually surgically removed. The death of body tissue due to a lack of blood ...

When gallstones block the bile ducts, bile builds up in the gallbladder, causing biliary colic. This causes intense pain in the upper right abdomen that can last minutes up to several hours ...

A barium enema revealed a fistula between the transverse colon and gallbladder (fig 1). This was further delineated by a computed tomography (CT) intravenous cholangiogram. Due to persistently raised ...

Perforation of the gall bladder can occur due to a complication of acute (in 3%–10%) or chronic cholecystitis, presenting with or without gallstones. Other causes ...

Around 10% of Americans have gallstones. While most experience no symptoms, in some cases they can cause serious discomfort and may become life threatening. Dr. Alan Bradshaw describes the signs ...