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==Microscopic evaluation==
 
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[[File:Gallbladder- Rokitansky-Aschoff Sinus (15144904071).jpg|thumb|Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus.]]
 
Typical features are:<ref name=Gulwani2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/gallbladderchroniccholecystitis.html|title=Gallbladder - Cholecystitis - Chronic cholecystitis|author=Hanni Gulwani}} Topic Completed: 1 September 2012. Revised: 9 January 2020</ref>
 
Typical features are:<ref name=Gulwani2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/gallbladderchroniccholecystitis.html|title=Gallbladder - Cholecystitis - Chronic cholecystitis|author=Hanni Gulwani}} Topic Completed: 1 September 2012. Revised: 9 January 2020</ref>
 
*Smooth muscle hypertrophy in the muscularis
 
*Smooth muscle hypertrophy in the muscularis

Revision as of 18:18, 31 July 2020

Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Chronic inflammation of the gallbladder:

Microscopic evaluation

Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus.

Typical features are:[1]

  • Smooth muscle hypertrophy in the muscularis
  • Mild inflammatory infiltrates
  • Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses

Other findings favoring the diagnosis are:[1]

  • Granulomas (from ruptured Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses) strogly favor the diagnosis.
  • Hyalinized collagen
  • Dystrophic calcification
  • Lymphoid aggregates
  • Atrophic and/or ulcerated mucosa
  • Metaplastic changes, such as gastric or intestinal mucosa

For a general gallbladder screening, see gallbladder.

Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hanni Gulwani. Gallbladder - Cholecystitis - Chronic cholecystitis. Topic Completed: 1 September 2012. Revised: 9 January 2020

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