[Acute pancreatitis in biliary microlithiasis: a study of the biliary sediment].
The Authors report the results of a clinical trial based on the study of the biliary sediment in cases of acute pancreatitis considered as idiopathic that, on the contrary, resulted to be correlated to a condition of biliary microlithiasis. Four cases of biliary acute pancreatitis out of 94 are reported (1979-1988) in which the diagnosis of biliary microlithiasis was possible only through the microscopic analysis of the bile, that documented a significant presence of cholesterol and/or bilirubinate crystals. It allowed a proper therapeutic approach.
Perrotta
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Pugliese
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Esposito
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Anselmucci
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001646:Bile / Q000737:chemistry*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000032:analysis; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D003460:Crystallization; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*
D002784:Cholesterol; D001663:Bilirubin
Pancreatite acuta nella microlitiasi biliare: studio del sedimento biliare.