Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis Masquerading as Gallbladder Carcinoma |
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| Authors: | Takashi Maeda MD Mitsuo Shimada MD Takashi Matsumata MD Eisuke Adachi MD Akinobu Taketomi MD Yoshihiko Tashiro MD Masazumi Tsuneyoshi MD Katsuo Sueishi MD Keizo Sugimachi MD FACS |
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| Institution: | Second and First Departments of Pathology and Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu Universit y, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We herein present a case of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis which involved hoth the liver and transverse colon, clinically mimicking gallbladder carcinoma. Such cases may sometimes he 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 feaures seem to clearly indicate inoperable carcinoma. |
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