title: Chronic cholecystitis with bone metaplasia. A case report.
abstract: Bone metaplasia is a rare phenomenon in the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of a 58-year-old man who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptoms of chronic cholecystitis. Histologic examination of the removed gallbladder revealed intramural bone metaplasia in association with chronic cholecystitis. To the best of our knowledge, such a case has not yet been reported. The clinical significance of this finding remains to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. adymd@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Ady
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yosepovich
authors.forename: Dvora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nass
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zagatsky
authors.forename: Juri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopolovic
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications*