Risk factors for gallbladder polyps observed through second-look abdominal sonography in patients with fatty liver disease

Shu-Hsien Lin; Kun-Ta Wu; Yi-Chun Chiu; Chih-Chi Wang; King-Wah Chiu

doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000029643

Risk factors for gallbladder polyps observed through second-look abdominal sonography in patients with fatty liver disease

Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Jul 29;101(30):e29643. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029643.

Authors

Shu-Hsien Lin¹, Kun-Ta Wu², Yi-Chun Chiu¹, Chih-Chi Wang^{3

4}, King-Wah Chiu^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Liver Transplantation Centre, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Abstract

FLD, older age group, and alcohol consumption are major risk factors of GBP formation in Taiwanese population. The presence of GBPs might be revealed in second-look examinations of abdominal sonographies.

MeSH terms

Aged
Gallbladder Diseases* / complications
Gallbladder Neoplasms*
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / complications
Humans
Liver Diseases* / complications
Polyps* / diagnostic imaging
Polyps* / epidemiology
Risk Factors