| Acholia | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Hypocholia1 |
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| A comparison of acholic stool color to that of other stool types | |
| Specialty | Gastroenterology |
Acholia is pale feces, due to lack of bile which results in the normal brown colour.2 It is a sign of reduced conjugated bilirubin into the bowel, as a result of a problem in the liver itself or in the biliary tree.3
Signs and symptoms
Acholia results in pale feces.3
Cause
A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed. The acholia is a sign of many diseases, such as hepatitis.
Etymology
Ancient Greek: a + chole (without bile).
References
References
- Dieulafoy, Georges (1912). A Text-book of Medicine. D. Appleton. p. 953. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
Acholia.
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. Saunders; 2007.
- La médecine de A à Z. Hachette; 1973.