GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY SYSTEM PATHOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY SYSTEM PATHOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1 / 10 1. the three congenital anomalies 1. Agenesis of GB 2. Duplication of GB 3. Situs Invertus 2. GB agenesis congential absence of GB gallbladder doesn't form 3. how common is GB agenesis VERY RARE: approx 1/1000 people 4. GB agenesis is also related to Choleosystectomy: lack of GB 5. GB duplication presence of an accessory GB 6. how common is GB duplication? RARE: 1/4000 7. GB duplication could be confused with what? septation 8. Situs Inversus a condition in which the arragnement of the internal organs is a MIRROR image of normal anatomy: persons organs are flipped 9. what percent of people have situs invertus? 0.01% 10. Situs invertus occurs when a persons: organs are flipped right to left 11. Cholelithiasis is defined as what? gallstones 12. what is the number one reason that patients get their GB removed? 13. most common disease of the gallbladder 14. how many stones are present in a patient with cholelithiasis (gallstones) Cholelithiasis: Gallstones cholelithiasis