Postmortem study of the frequency of gallstones in patients with cirrhosis of the liver
Open Access
- 1 September 1969
- Vol. 10 (9), 705-710
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.10.9.705
Abstract
The frequency of gallstones in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients at necropsy has been determined from a retrospective survey of postmortem records over 15 years. The frequency of gallstones was found to be 29·4% in the cirrhotic group and 12·8% in the non-cirrhotic population. Whereas gallstones were twice as frequent in females than males in the general population the sex difference disappeared in cirrhotic patients. Gallstones increased in frequency with age in the general population but this phenomenon was not seen in the cirrhotic group. No one type of cirrhosis was more liable to be associated with gallstones at necropsy. In contrast to the general population bilirubin stones were more frequent in cirrhotics.Keywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- THE CONNEXION BETWEEN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND GALLSTONES IN AN AUTOPSY SERIESActa Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica, 1968
- THE ÆTIOLOGY OF GALLSTONESThe Lancet, 1968
- The epidemiology of gallbladder disease: Observations in the Framingham studyJournal of Chronic Diseases, 1966
- ALCOHOL AND CHOLELITHIASIS: A NECROPSY SURVEY OF CIRRHOTICSThe American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1962
- Experience with Portacaval Shunt for Portal HypertensionThe New England Journal of Medicine, 1961
- SERUM-BILE-ACID LEVELS IN LIVER DISEASEThe Lancet, 1959
- Observations on the Aetiology of CholelithiasisBMJ, 1956
- THE ANEMIA OF LIVER DISEASE: OBSERVATIONS ON ITS MECHANISM 1JCI Insight, 1955
- The risk of fallacious conclusions from autopsy data on the incidence of diseases with applications to heart diseaseAmerican Heart Journal, 1953
- THE INCIDENCE OF GALLSTONES AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH OTHER DISEASESAnnals of Surgery, 1952