Fundic adenomyomatosis bulged with the subserosal excessive fat of the gallbladder mimicking polypoid carcinoma: a case report with unusual imaging and morphological features.
This report describes a 41-year-old female who presented with adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder mimicking polypoid carcinoma, on the diagnostic imaging findings and revealing unusual histologic features for such a localized adenomyomatosis. The mass was located on the gallbladder liver-side wall at the fundus and papillary hyperechoic growth showed no clear ultrasonographic features of adenomyomatosis. The patient underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a tentative diagnosis of superficial polypoid carcinoma. Histologically, the tumor bulged due to subserosal excessive fat tissue.
Shimoji
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The First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. hshimoji@med.u-rukyu.ac.jp
Nakachi
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Matsubara
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Miyazato
H
H
Isa
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Hiroyasu
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Shiraishi
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M
Muto
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Y
D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications