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Suh: Prevalence of Silent Gallstone on Ultrasound Screening
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The Ewha Medical Journal 1991; 14(3): 281-283.

Published online: 24 July 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1991.14.3.281

Prevalence of Silent Gallstone on Ultrasound Screening

Jeong-Soo Suh

Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright © 1991. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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Abstract

Although cholelithiasis is a common biliary disease, it is little known about its prevalence in asymptomatic population samples.
Real-time ultrasonography was done with 2639 subjects for healthy screening at Ewha Womans University Hospital.
The results were as follows:
1) Among 2639 subjects, the asymptomatic cholelithiasis were found in 88 cases(3.3%).
2) The age ranged from 25 to 87 years. The highest incidence was found in 7th(36.3%) and 6th(29.5%) decades. The prevalence of the male was 3.8%, and female 2.8%. The sex ratio was 1:0.76.
3) Among the 88 cases with gallstones, most of them are single in number(51.1%), and small in size(less than 1.0cm. 55.7%).

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