A 32-year-old female asked:
what causes gallstones if you don't have a gallbladder?
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Dr. Alexander Barkan answered
24 years experience General Surgery
Gallstones: Gallstones with no gallbladder. There are different kinds and the can arise in the main canal between your liver and intestine . The cause is unknown but the can get infected and a procedure may be needed to get them out.
Answered on Oct 10, 2014
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Dr. Jeffrey Clemens answered
37 years experience General Surgery
Usually infection: Gallstones can get left behind after surgery, that is the most common cause, they were there all along. It's easy for that to happen. If new gallstones form it is usually because of an infection in the bile ducts called cholangitis. If you are still having pain and there is a gallstone in one of the bile ducts, see a gastroenterologist, there is a procedure called ERCP to remove the stones.
Answered on Nov 28, 2017
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Dr. Travis Kidner answered
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Distention: A distended gallbladder without gallstones could be a normal variant or could be due to an obstruction in the biliary tract distally, however that wou ... Read More
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Dr. Paxton Daniel answered
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Could be normal: Fasting can cause the gallbladder to be distended when examined by ultrasound. A stone too small to see at the gallbladder neck can do this as well as ... Read More
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Dr. Addagada Rao answered
56 years experience General Surgery
NO: Gall bladder disease has no relation to spenic enlargement, as in liver disease and portal hypertension.
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No way of: Telling, but when they do, you'll know by the symptoms. Ie. Pain , nausea ; possibly yellow skin.
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