gallstone

The museum doesn’t receive many body parts in the mail, Grubisic said, but added that a Croatian TV presenter once donated a gallstone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

A number of health boards have had to postpone things like hip and knee replacements or some less urgent surgeries like gallstone or tonsil removal because they are so busy.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2023

He was asked whether to remove a gallstone, if it was okay to begin chemotherapy, and whether this was a good time for a root canal.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

He had to have a gallstone removed, for which his doctors had given him anesthesia—a risky decision for someone with dementia—and he never quite recovered.

From Slate ● May 4, 2021

Acute intestinal obstruction, cancer of the intestine, inflammation of the ovary, typhoid fever and renal and gallstone colic, are affections which are apt to be mistaken for appendicitis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Doctors at a Los Angeles hospital were able to rule out gallstones, and on Tuesday, a representative for the “Goonies” star told The Times that they cracked the case, and Feldman is on the mend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Because the pearls are denser than surrounding tissue and resemble small stones, they can sometimes complicate diagnosis by mimicking kidney or gallstones.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026

The likelihood of developing gallstones is also higher among women and over-40s, as well as among those living with obesity, according to the NHS.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Cases include electrocution, drowning, overdose, scurvy, sickle cell anemia, a nail in the chest, a fastball in the eye and gallstones, with all the personal drama one expects from a hospital show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

His liver was swollen and red and did not look healthy, but they could not find any sign of gallstones.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston