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What Does Ultrasound Report Indicate?

my son is suffering from g.b cholesterolosis having the following ultrasound report.
GALL BLADER: nORMAL IN SIZE. ECHOGENIC STRUCTURE MEASURING 5X5MM PRODUCING COMET ARTFACT INVOLVING THE WALL OF GB COULD BE CHOLESTEROLOSIS.

IMPRESSION: GB CHOLESTEROLOSIS
DOEST IT NEED MEDICATION OR GB SURGERY?
Mon, 19 May 2014
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Cholesterolosis of the gallbladder consists in an accumulation of cholesterol esters and triglycerides in the macrophages (white blood cells) at gallbladder wall level and may be either diffuse or polypoid in form. The natural history of this lesion is, in general, benign and for polyps with size ranging from 6 mm to 10 mm a yearly follow-up with ultrasonography is advisable.
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What Does Ultrasound Report Indicate?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Cholesterolosis of the gallbladder consists in an accumulation of cholesterol esters and triglycerides in the macrophages (white blood cells) at gallbladder wall level and may be either diffuse or polypoid in form. The natural history of this lesion is, in general, benign and for polyps with size ranging from 6 mm to 10 mm a yearly follow-up with ultrasonography is advisable.