title: Tiny cystine stones in the gallbladder of a patient with cholecystolithiasis complicating acute cholecystitis: a case report.
abstract: Cystine stones, the main component of which is cystine, are very common urinary calculi, but are rare in the gall bladder. In animals, there has been only one report of cystine gallstones in tree shrews, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of cystine gallstones in humans.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gallbladder Disease of Panyu, Guangzhou 511470, People's Republic of China. fqj1958@163.com
authors.forename: Tie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Rui-Hong
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiao-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yu-Yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xing-Qiang
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pei-Ming
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhen-Liang
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003553:Cystine