More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis (acute calculous cholecystitis). The key elements in pathogenesis seem to be an obstruction of the cystic duct in the ...

MOST authorities agree that cholelithiasis associated with diabetes mellitus has a more serious prognosis than cholelithiasis in the nondiabetic patient. The reason commonly stated to support this ...

Acute pancreatitis is the third most common gastrointestinal condition associated with hospitalization in the United States and is the primary diagnosis in hundreds of thousands of emergency ...

Idiopathic pancreatitis is often caused by small gallstones that are difficult to observe prior to surgery, shows a study. Small gallstones were found in surgery from two out of three idiopathic ...

Credit: Getty Images. Although the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary, the most common symptom occurring in 95% of cases is deep epigastric pain that radiates to the back.

Acute hepatocellular injury is a commonly encountered phenomenon in patients with cholelithiasis and concomitant common bile duct (CBD) stones. However, in clinical practice, it seemed to occur also ...

Idiopathic pancreatitis is often caused by small gallstones that are difficult to observe prior to surgery, shows a study from the University of Eastern Finland. Small gallstones were found in surgery ...

Establishing a biliary etiology in acute pancreatitis is clinically important because of the potential need for invasive treatment, such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The etiology ...

Pancreatitis is rising among young professionals. Discover how weekend habits, binge drinking, and high triglycerides ...

Patients with sludge- or microlithiasis-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) had significantly lower rates of pancreaticobiliary complications than those with gallstone-induced AP. "The lower complication ...

Biliary pancreatitis occurs when gallstones develop in your gallbladder and block the duct that leads through your pancreas to your small intestines. Gallstones develop from hardened pieces of ...