title: [Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis].
abstract: Ten cases of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis are presented, 5 women and 5 men, from a total of 439 cholecystectomies (2.2%). In 50% of cases the clinical course was consistent with acute cholecystitis; in 30%, gallbladder cancer was suspected preoperatively; and in 70% of cases cancer was suspected during surgery but intraoperative biopsies showed no malignancy. Definitive pathological findings included early carcinoma of the gallbladder in two patients, and a cholecystocolic fistula in one patient. A perforated gallbladder was found in one patient. The incidence of postoperative septic complications was 18.1%, a figure that doubles that of elective biliary surgery in our hospital.
authors: Cátedra de Patología y Clínica Quirúrgicas, Hospital Universitario, Granada.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rosell Pradas
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Andújar Sánchez
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Martín Ruiz
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Mantas Avila
authors: O I
authors: OI
authors: Morales Valentín
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Guerrero Fernández-Marcote
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Vara Thorbeck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Colecistitis xantogranulomatosa.