GALLSTONE COMPOSITION: IS IT RELATED TO SERUM LIPID CONCENTRATION?
Abstract
Introduction. To find that is there any correlation between serum cholesterol, triglyceride, calcium, phosphorus and gallstone composition, this study was conducted.
Methods. One hundred patients with gallstone admitted for elective cholecystectomy were studied. Serum lipid profile and calcium-phosphorous concentration were measured before operation and were correlated to their gallstone composition.
Findings. Cholesterol and pigmented gallstones frequencies were 54 and 46 percent in our patients, respectively. There was not observed any significant correlation between serum triglyceride, cholesterol, calcium and phosphorous concentration and gallstones' composition.
Conclusion. It seems that serum lipid profile & serum calcium phosphorous concentration are not a promoting factor to produce specific gallstone composition.
Methods. One hundred patients with gallstone admitted for elective cholecystectomy were studied. Serum lipid profile and calcium-phosphorous concentration were measured before operation and were correlated to their gallstone composition.
Findings. Cholesterol and pigmented gallstones frequencies were 54 and 46 percent in our patients, respectively. There was not observed any significant correlation between serum triglyceride, cholesterol, calcium and phosphorous concentration and gallstones' composition.
Conclusion. It seems that serum lipid profile & serum calcium phosphorous concentration are not a promoting factor to produce specific gallstone composition.
Keywords
Gallstone, Lipid profile, Calcium, Cholecyctectomy