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. 2013 Oct 4;8(10):e74887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074887

Figure 5. Microstructure of the three most common gallbladder stone types (original magnification ×3000).

Figure 5

A, B. Cholesterol stone. A. Plate-like cholesterol crystals. B. Lamellar cholesterol crystals. C, D. Pigment stone. C. Clumping-like bilirubinate particles. D. Irregular bilirubinate particles. E – H. Calcium carbonate stone. E. Bulbiform and ellipsoid calcium carbonate crystals. F. Fusiform calcium carbonate crystal. G. Hawthorn-like calcium carbonate crystal. H. Cuboid calcium carbonate crystal.