Complications-cholelithiasis

• Cholecystitis: 20% of Pts with symptomatic biliary pain progress to cholecystitis w/in 2 y

• Choledocholithiasis → cholangitis or gallstone pancreatitis

• Mirizzi syndrome: hepatic duct compression by GB stone → jaundice, biliary obstruction

• Cholecystenteric fistula: stone erodes through gallbladder into bowel, ~15% w/ colon

• Gallstone ileus: SBO (usually at term ileum) due to stone in intestine that passed thru fistula

• Gallbladder carcinoma: ~1% in U.S., often found late stage, a/w poor prognosis