Deoxycholic acid and the pathogenesis of gall stones.

Deoxycholic acid and the pathogenesis of gall stones That deoxycholic acid (DCA) may have a role in cholesterol gall stone formation has been discussed on several occasions'`but authoritative reviews of gall stone pathogenesis fail to mention this possibility.`" This may be because the evidence has never been comprehensively reviewed and so its strength is not widely appreciated. Perhaps, too, it is hard to believe that events in the colon can influence the fate of the gall bladder. But the facts suggest that this is indeed the case.