Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chief, Division of Internal Medicine, Department ...
A gallbladder polyp is a small, abnormal growth of tissue with a stalk protruding from the lining of the inside of the gallbladder. They are relatively common. The gallbladder is a small organ that ...
Ultrasonographically Detected Gallbladder Polyps: A Reason for Concern? A Seven-Year Follow-up Study
Of the total 3,841 registered inhabitants of the community of Römerstein six years of age or older, 66.6% (n = 2,560) participated in the initial survey in 1996. Excluded from the study were 145 ...
AJR: Recent multisociety guidelines that propose routine polyp surveillance with 2 mm size change as the basis for cholecystectomy are too conservative for clinical use “To our knowledge,” wrote ...
A patient complaining of abdominal pain has normal liver enzymes and a gallbladder wall polyp (but no stones) on ultrasound. What further intervention do you recommend? Gallbladder wall polyps can act ...
Polyps in the gallbladder may not cause any symptoms. Depending on the type of polyps, they can be benign, be a sign of inflammation, or potentially lead to cancer. Polyps are abnormal tissue growths.
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