People who are older or have another serious condition, diabetes, heart disease may be at higher risk for gallbladder inflammation. An ultrasound may show the gallbladder walls are thickened ...

Most people with gallbladder polyps do not experience symptoms. Doctors usually discover the polyps incidentally on ultrasound or CT scans. Although some gallbladder polyps can develop into cancer ...

Methods: A total of 2,415 subjects (1,261 women; 1,154 men) underwent ultrasound examination ... No evidence of malignant disease of the gallbladder was found. Conclusion: Over a period of seven ...

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

Elevated liver function tests can signal gallbladder disease. Ultrasound is the imaging method of choice for diagnosis. Surgical and gastrointestinal consultation should be readily available if a ...