Papillomatosis of the gallbladder associated with metachromatic leukodystrophy.
A 9-year-old boy with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) was found to have diffuse papillomatosis of the gallbladder that was virtually obliterating the lumen of the gallbladder. To our knowledge, two other examples of this lesion have been reported previously in MLD.
D002648:Child; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007966:Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*