Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses of the gallbladder are associated with black pigment gallstone formation: A scanning electron microscopy study

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-270

  Cariati, Andrea ^a,b,c   Cetta, Francesco ^b  

^a VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallbladder adenomyomatosis; Mack pigment gallstones; Rokitansky Aschoff sinuses

Indexed keywords

BILE PIGMENT; BILIRUBIN;

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE COMPOSITION; BLACK PIGMENT GALLSTONE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GASTRECTOMY; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROKITANSKY ASCHOFF SINUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADENOMYOMA; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0041334015     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120309913     Document Type: Article

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