On microstructures of human pigment gallstones
β Scribed by U. Wosiewitz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-1042
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Mucin glycoproteins, a secretory product of the gallbladder, are thought to contribute to the matrix or nucleus of gallstones. Human black pigment stones originate in the gallbladder and have as their major constituent calcium bilirubinate, as well as inorganic salts and small amounts of cholesterol
The two subtypes of pigment gallstones, black and brown stones, differ in chemical composition and pathogenesis. We examined a black bilirubinate stone and a black phosphate stone (which represented opposite ends of the compositional spectrum of black noncarbonate stones), a black carbonate stone, a