Question 15 (part 2) · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
Which of the following statements are true about patients with cholecystolithiasis?
1) acute cholecystitis is characterised by longer-lasting and more severe symptoms than a biliary colic;
2) the symptoms of gallbladder hydrops are the same as the symptoms of chronic cholecystitis;
3) acute acalculous cholecystitis is more common than calculous cholecystitis;
4) long-standing cholecystolithiasis does not affect the development of gallbladder cancer;
5) strawberry gallbladder is one of the forms of cholecystolithiasis with the presence of cholesterol stones.
The correct answer is:
2) the symptoms of gallbladder hydrops are the same as the symptoms of chronic cholecystitis;
3) acute acalculous cholecystitis is more common than calculous cholecystitis;
4) long-standing cholecystolithiasis does not affect the development of gallbladder cancer;
5) strawberry gallbladder is one of the forms of cholecystolithiasis with the presence of cholesterol stones.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 1,2,3,5.
- C. 1,2.
- D. 1,3.
- E. 2,4
Hint
Compare how common calculous and acalculous cholecystitis are, and recall what 'strawberry gallbladder' describes histologically.
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