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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Benign and common. | |||
*Seen in approximately 6% of removed gallbladders.<ref name=pmid23236547>{{Cite journal | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = Histopathologic features and frequency of gall bladder lesions in consecutive 540 cholecystectomies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-6 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23236547 }}</ref> | *Seen in approximately 6% of removed gallbladders.<ref name=pmid23236547>{{Cite journal | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = Histopathologic features and frequency of gall bladder lesions in consecutive 540 cholecystectomies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-6 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23236547 }}</ref> | ||
*May be detected on ultrasound.<ref name=pmid23233003/> | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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*[[Gallbladder adenoma]]. | *[[Gallbladder adenoma]].<ref name=pmid23233003>{{Cite journal | last1 = Park | first1 = CH. | last2 = Chung | first2 = MJ. | last3 = Oh | first3 = TG. | last4 = Park | first4 = JY. | last5 = Bang | first5 = S. | last6 = Park | first6 = SW. | last7 = Kim | first7 = H. | last8 = Hwang | first8 = HK. | last9 = Lee | first9 = WJ. | title = Differential diagnosis between gallbladder adenomas and cholesterol polyps on contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography. | journal = Surg Endosc | volume = 27 | issue = 4 | pages = 1414-21 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s00464-012-2620-x | PMID = 23233003 }}</ref> | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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*[[Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis]]. | *[[Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis]]. | ||
*[[Cholesterolosis of gallbladder]] - not polypoid. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 03:45, 31 May 2016
Cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder is a common benign finding of the gallbladder.
General
- Benign and common.
- Seen in approximately 6% of removed gallbladders.[1]
- May be detected on ultrasound.[2]
Gross
- Exophytic lesion of the gallbladder mucosa.
DDx:
Microscopic
Features:
- Foamy macrophages in the lamina propria.
DDx:
- Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
- Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - not polypoid.
See also
References
- ↑ Terada, T. (2013). "Histopathologic features and frequency of gall bladder lesions in consecutive 540 cholecystectomies.". Int J Clin Exp Pathol 6 (1): 91-6. PMID 23236547.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Park, CH.; Chung, MJ.; Oh, TG.; Park, JY.; Bang, S.; Park, SW.; Kim, H.; Hwang, HK. et al. (Apr 2013). "Differential diagnosis between gallbladder adenomas and cholesterol polyps on contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography.". Surg Endosc 27 (4): 1414-21. doi:10.1007/s00464-012-2620-x. PMID 23233003.