A pseudoepidermoid cyst arising from exuberant squamous metaplasia of the gallbladder.

Teo, Clarence Hai Yi; Leow, Chon Kar; Chang, Satina A · Arch Pathol Lab Med · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Squamous lesions of the gallbladder are uncommon. We report a case of a pseudoepidermoid cyst in a middle-aged woman arising on a background of chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, which induced exuberant squamous metaplasia of the entire gallbladder mucosa, clinically mimicking a gallbladder tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first such reported case in the English literature.

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