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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Laboratory findings are usually normal among patients with uncomplicated gallstone disease, both during asymptomatic periods and during attacks of pain. Abnormal blood tests (leukocytosis, elevated liver or pancreas tests) suggest the development of a complication of gallstone disease, such as cholecystitis, cholangitis, or pancreatitis.<ref name="pmid8363172">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ransohoff DF, Gracie WA |title=Treatment of gallstones |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=119 |issue=7 Pt 1 |pages=606–19 |year=1993 |pmid=8363172 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Laboratory findings are usually normal among patients with uncomplicated gallstone disease, both during asymptomatic periods and during attacks of pain. Abnormal blood tests (leukocytosis, elevated liver or pancreas tests) suggest the development of a complication of gallstone disease, such as [[cholecystitis]], [[cholangitis]], or [[pancreatitis]].<ref name="pmid8363172">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ransohoff DF, Gracie WA |title=Treatment of gallstones |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=119 |issue=7 Pt 1 |pages=606–19 |year=1993 |pmid=8363172 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Laboratory Findings== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
*There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with an uncomplicated case of gallstone disease. | *There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with an uncomplicated case of gallstone disease. | ||
*Some patients with complicated gallstones (acute cholecystitis, cholangitis, obstructive jaundice and may have elevated, | *Some patients with complicated gallstones (acute [[cholecystitis]], [[cholangitis]], obstructive [[jaundice]] and may have elevated, | ||
**Leukocytes | **[[White blood cells|Leukocytes]] | ||
**Bilirubin | **[[Bilirubin]] | ||
**Alkaline phosphatase | **[[Alkaline phosphatase]] | ||
**Amylase | **[[Amylase]] | ||
**Lipase | **[[Lipase]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Laboratory findings are usually normal among patients with uncomplicated gallstone disease, both during asymptomatic periods and during attacks of pain. Abnormal blood tests (leukocytosis, elevated liver or pancreas tests) suggest the development of a complication of gallstone disease, such as cholecystitis, cholangitis, or pancreatitis.[1]
Laboratory Findings
- There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with an uncomplicated case of gallstone disease.
- Some patients with complicated gallstones (acute cholecystitis, cholangitis, obstructive jaundice and may have elevated,