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Abstract
Many recent studies have confirmed the increased prevalence of gallstones in liver cirrhosis, an association that has been controversial. The original studies were from postmortem examinations, but have been confirmed by ultrasound screening. The prevalence of gallstones in liver cirrhosis is reported to be twice that in the general population, and the stones are mostly of pigment type.
The aim of this work is to evaluate the incidence of gallstones in portal hypertension.
This study included 600 patients suffering from portal hypertension divided in two groups:
Group I : prospective study on 300 patients with portal hypertension. Ther ages ranged between 17-77 years. The males were 1 86 (62%) and the females were 114 (38%) patients. The number of patients with child. A was 83 (28%), while the number of patients with Child-B was 127 (42%), and the number of patients with Child-C was 90 (30%).
Group II : 300 patients with portal hypertension who were studied retrospectively. Their ages ranged between 22-73 years. The males were 175 (58%) and the females were 125 (42%).