morphology
Last reviewed 01/2018
Morphologically, cholesterol gallstones are:
- large - may reach 4 cm in diameter, sufficient to fill the gallbladder
- smooth or frond-like
- egg or barrel shaped
- often solitary - "cholesterol solitaire"
- radiolucent
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