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Created page with "== Cholelithiasis == The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder is called cholelithiasis. It affects 20% of adults in western countries. We distinguish two main types of gallstones: cholesterol stones, which are made up of crystalline cholesterol and accounts for 80% of stones found in the west, and pigment stones, made up of bilirubin calcium salts. The presence of stones in the common bile duct is called choledocholithiasis. Cholesterol stones are always formed in..."