Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis masquerading as gallbladder carcinoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We herein present a case of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis which involved both the liver and transverse colon, clinically mimicking gallbladder carcinoma. Such cases may sometimes be judged inoperable due to extensive extra-gallbladder invasion, and thus it is necessary for physicians to take this lesion into consideration when making a diagnosis. An intraoperative biopsy is necessary, therefore, even when the features seem to clearly indicate inoperable carcinoma.
Medical subject headings
- Cholecystitis
- Gallbladder Neoplasms
- Granuloma
- Xanthomatosis