title: A tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a child of 3 years.
abstract: Adenoma is the most frequent type of gall-bladder (GB) neoplasm; however, GB neoplasms are unusual and unsuspected diagnoses in childhood. The average patient age is 50 +/- 16.3 years. We present a case of tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a 3-year-old girl. She was admitted to the hospital with a 6-month history of abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting. Ultrasonography (USG) revealed an echogenic soft tissue lesion in the lumen of the GB. She underwent cholecystectomy. A tubulopapillary adenoma and adenomatous hyperplasia of the GB were diagnosed histologically. According to the literature, this is the youngest patient found to have gallbladder adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. cananersoz@ttnet.net.tr
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ersöz
authors.forename: Aysun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uğuz
authors.forename: Yaşar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ergören
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Koç
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography