If a polyp grows to ≥ 12 mm over time, the gallbladder should be removed if possible. Endoscopic ultrasound may become the standard of care in the near future to define the histology of ...

Methods: A total of 2,415 subjects (1,261 women; 1,154 men) underwent ultrasound examination of the gallbladder, in November 1996 as part of a prospective study.

Among the 434 patients (248 male, 186 female; mean age, 50.6 years) with incidental gallbladder polyps who underwent serial ultrasound examinations for HCC surveillance (range, 2–19 examinations ...

After learning that these are mostly benign, I’m wondering if the same is true for gallbladder polyps. I had one found during an ultrasound for a separate reason. I’m 55-year-old female.

I am 27 years my weight is 47 kg im not over weight at all,I have been for a U/S which indicated that a have stones on the neck region of my gallbladder doctors also indicated that a small gallbladdrr ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 50-year-old woman. I have some abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome. My doctor found polyps in my gallbladder, and a surgeon said my gallbladder should be removed ...