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Revision as of 11:30, 19 March 2020
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Chronic inflammation of the gallbladder:
Microscopic evaluation
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
Eosinophilic cholecystitis
For a general gallbladder screening, see gallbladder.
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanni Gulwani. Gallbladder - Cholecystitis - Chronic cholecystitis. Topic Completed: 1 September 2012. Revised: 9 January 2020
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