Porcelain gallbladder
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porcelain-gallbladder-199-11782873
title:
Porcelain gallbladder
text:
Porcelain gallbladder is a calcification of the gallbladder believed to be brought on by excessive gallstones, although the exact cause is not clear. As with gallstone disease in general, this condition occurs mostly in overweight female patients of middle age. It is a morphological variant of chronic cholecystitis. Inflammatory scarring of the wall, combined with dystrophic calcification within the wall transforms the gallbladder into a porcelain-like vessel. Removal of the gallbladder (cholecy
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain_gallbladder
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2023-11-29T05:03:26Z
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