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Case #1 -
A 40 year old lady, with R-sided abdominal pain

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
3.) What are risk factors for cholelithiasis?

Risk factors for cholelithiasis: obesity, female sex, pregnancy, multiparity, parasites, certain bacterial infections, bile stasis, hemolytic disease, total parenteral nutrition, rapid weight loss, previous resection of terminal ileum.  
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