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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2] ==Overview== ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The majority of patients with cholelithiasis are asymptomatic.Acute cholecystitis occurs as a result of prolonged gallstone obstruction in the bile duct,one to four patients develop biliary colic and about 20% of these patients develop acute cholecystitis annually.

The hallmark of acute cholecystitis is biliary colic. A positive history of biliary colic,nausea and vomiting is suggestive of acute cholecystitis.

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↑ Friedman GD, Raviola CA, Fireman B (1989). "Prognosis of gallstones with mild or no symptoms: 25 years of follow-up in a health maintenance organization". J Clin Epidemiol. 42 (2): 127–36. PMID 2918322.
↑ McSherry CK, Ferstenberg H, Calhoun WF, Lahman E, Virshup M (1985). "The natural history of diagnosed gallstone disease in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients". Ann. Surg. 202 (1): 59–63. PMC 1250837. PMID 4015212.
↑ Gracie WA, Ransohoff DF (1982). "The natural history of silent gallstones: the innocent gallstone is not a myth". N. Engl. J. Med. 307 (13): 798–800. doi:10.1056/NEJM198209233071305. PMID 7110244.
↑ Carter HR, Cox RL, Polk HC (1987). "Operative therapy for cholecystitis and cholelithiasis: trends over three decades". Am Surg. 53 (10): 565–8. PMID 3426666.