Gall Stones And Cholecystitis Flashcards
Fun of bile salts
0 digestion of fat and fat-soluble vitamin
② +++ peristalsis
⑤ anti-bacterial
Metabolic cause of gall stones
① obesity ② high-calorie diet ③ medication
Normal ratio of bile acids: cholesterol
25:1
13:1 → critical → stone
Most common cause of gall stones →
Infection
Infection cause……. Stone
Mixed,
Organisms form a focus ← cholesterol and bile salts get precipitated
Cause of bile stasis
- Pregnancy
- prolonged total parental n
- vagotomy
- DM
Causes of ↓ bile acid
A cirrhosis
Malabsorption
Ileal resection
Obesity
Hyper. cholesterolemia
Hemolytic anemia cause…….. Stone
Calcium billirubinate ( pigment)
Saint’s triad
Gall stones
Diverticulosis of colon
Hiatus hernia
Radiology of cholesterol store
Radio lucent
Types of acute cholecytitis
» Calculus
» A calculus
» acute emphysmatous cholecytits
Symptoms of acute cholecystasis
Pain: colicky, with nausea vomiting, more prolonged
Low grade fever except clostridia → high
Signs of acute cholesystasis
① Murphy
② boas’
③ vague mass
④ upper abdominal guarding, rigidity
Ddx of acute cholicystasis
① perforated p.u
② pancreatitis ③
③ lobar pneumonia
④ high retrocecal appendicitis
⑤ amoebic liver abscess