Clinicopathological Study of Gallbladder Lesions

Abstract

Background: The most common lesion of the gallbladder is chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis but occasionally some rare lesions can also occur. Aims And Objectives: To assess the frequency of gallbladder lesions and to study their nature, age and sex prevalence Materials And Methods: The biopsy material received from June 2012 to May 2013 received in the department of pathology at our college were studied and data of gallbladder lesions were analyzed. Results: Out of 110 cases studied , 80 cases (72.7%) were chronic cholecystitis(including 2 cases of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, 2 cases of follicular cholecystitis and 1 case of eosinophilic cholecystitis) . 60 cases of chronic cholecystitis were associated with gall stones. 20 cases (18.3%) were acute cholecystitis and all of them were associated with gallstones. 5 cases (4.5%) were carcinomas of which 4 cases were adenocarcinomas and 1 case of squamous cell carcinoma , 2 cases (1.8%) were showing hyperplasia and 01 case (0.9%) was tubular adenomatous polyp. Conclusions: Gallbladder lesions were infrequent consisting mostly of inflammation with gall stones. Benign polyps and malignant lesions though uncommon ,coexist with cholecystitis.