gallstone
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But rarer and more serious ones include acute gallstone disease, pancreatitis and serious allergic reactions.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Her recent gallstone surgery cost nearly $1,500, but less than a third of it could be expensed under her insurance plan, she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 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
"Why, it's nothing more than an enormous gallstone, revolving in space!"
From The Sloths of Kruvny by Vern Fearing
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
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
The primary symptom of gallstones is agonizing episodes of pain.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2025
Always before when pain from the gallstones had got too bad, she’d had an operation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
