European Journal of Medical Research (Mar 2012)

Tiny cystine stones in the gallbladder of a patient with cholecystolithiasis complicating acute cholecystitis: a case report

  • Qiao Tie,
  • Ma Rui-hong,
  • Luo Xiao-bing,
  • Feng Yu-yang,
  • Wang Xing-qiang,
  • Zheng Pei-ming,
  • Luo Zhen-liang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-783x-17-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
p. 6

Abstract

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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.

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