Chronic gallbladder wall thickening: Is it always malignancy?

Gallbladder wall thickening, associated with features like perforation, fistula formation and invasion of adjacent organs, is often assumed to be malignant. Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) causes gallbladder wall thickening with similar aggressive features and closely mimics gallbladder carc...

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Autores principales: Reghunath, Anjuna, Kushvaha, Suchana, Ghasi, Rohini G., Khanna, Geetika, Surana, Apurva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537253
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v24i1.1844
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author Reghunath, Anjuna
Kushvaha, Suchana
Ghasi, Rohini G.
Khanna, Geetika
Surana, Apurva
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description Gallbladder wall thickening, associated with features like perforation, fistula formation and invasion of adjacent organs, is often assumed to be malignant. Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) causes gallbladder wall thickening with similar aggressive features and closely mimics gallbladder carcinoma clinically, radiologically and surgically. Differentiating between these two is crucial for management as misdiagnosis of gallbladder cancer can lead to unnecessary radical surgery. We report a case of chronic gallbladder wall thickening, initially suspected to be malignant, but subsequently diagnosed as XGC.
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spelling pubmed-72764802020-06-12 Chronic gallbladder wall thickening: Is it always malignancy? Reghunath, Anjuna Kushvaha, Suchana Ghasi, Rohini G. Khanna, Geetika Surana, Apurva SA J Radiol Case Report Gallbladder wall thickening, associated with features like perforation, fistula formation and invasion of adjacent organs, is often assumed to be malignant. Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) causes gallbladder wall thickening with similar aggressive features and closely mimics gallbladder carcinoma clinically, radiologically and surgically. Differentiating between these two is crucial for management as misdiagnosis of gallbladder cancer can lead to unnecessary radical surgery. We report a case of chronic gallbladder wall thickening, initially suspected to be malignant, but subsequently diagnosed as XGC. AOSIS 2020-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7276480/ /pubmed/32537253 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v24i1.1844 Text en © 2020. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Reghunath, Anjuna
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Chronic gallbladder wall thickening: Is it always malignancy?
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title_short Chronic gallbladder wall thickening: Is it always malignancy?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537253
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v24i1.1844
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