Gall Bladder Disease
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Differential Diagnosis
- A small percentage of hypothyroid patients develop pain in the upper right quadrant that mimics gallstones, but no gallstones are evident. This condition resolves upon treatment of hypothyroidism [Barnes; Starr2005, pg 142].
Pathophysiology
Hypothyroidism is associated with a thinning of the endothelial lining of the gall bladder, resulting in irritation of the bladder by its contents [Hertoghe1914; Starr2005, pg 142].ICD-9 Codes
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References
Unless specifically noted above, references used in the construction of this web page include the following:[FDM] Lecture notes from Functional Medicine University.
[SCNM] Lecture notes from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
[UT] Lecture notes from the University of Tennessee graduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
[Barnes1999] B.O. Barnes & C.W. Barnes. Hope for Hypoglycemia, Revised Edition. America Book Company (1999). Cited by [Starr2005].
[Hertoghe1914] E. Hertoghe. Thyroid Deficiency. Lecture presented to the International Surgical Congress at the New York Polyclinic School and Hospital (April 1914). Copy availaible from Broda O. Barnes M.D. Research Foundation at http://www.brodaobarnes.org [Cited by Starr2005].
[Starr2005] Mark Starr. Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic. Columbia, MO: Mark Starr Trust (2005).
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