title: Case report of cholelithiasis in a patient with type 1 Gaucher disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with type 1 Gaucher disease have been reported to be more likely to have cholelithiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of cholelithiasis in a patient with type 1 Gaucher disease; which is very intriguing to show this comorbidity. The case was the only known case with this pathology in time of diagnosis in our country (Kosovo). The patient is a 21-year old girl a known case of type 1 Gaucher disease, at the age of 8 years. The patient underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Chronic inflammatory changes and adhesions were obvious during surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Type 1 Gaucher disease patients have several risk factors for gallstone formation: increased biliary excretion of glucosylceramide, advanced liver disease and cirrhosis, splenomegaly, inborn error of metabolism, chronic systemic inflammation, T cell dysfunction, and insulin resistance" to risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gallstones and cholecystitis should be considered when abdominal symptoms and liver dysfunctions are seen in these patients. More studies are needed in especially Kosovo.
authors.affiliation: Regional General Hospital, Prizren, Kosovo.
authors.forename: Afrim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avdaj
authors.affiliation: Regional General Hospital, Prizren, Kosovo. Electronic address: naimfanaj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fanaj
authors.affiliation: Regional General Hospital, Prizren, Kosovo.
authors.forename: Mirsade
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osmani
authors.affiliation: Regional General Hospital, Prizren, Kosovo.
authors.forename: Agron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bytyqi
authors.affiliation: Regional General Hospital, Prizren, Kosovo.
authors.forename: Anila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cake
keywords: Cholelithiasis; Kosovo; Type 1 Gaucher disease