Incidence of cholelithiasis among patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

One hundred and two patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension were evaluated sonographically to determine the presence or absence of cholelithiasis. The gallbladder was visualized in 80 of 102 patients. Cholelithiasis was present in 43 of 80 cases (54%). All 22 patients in whom the gallbladder was not seen sonographically had had a previous cholecystectomy. Five of them were operated on prior to development of cirrhosis with portal...