Large cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder mimicking gallbladder carcinoma.
Gallbladder tumors larger than 10 mm in diameter have a high incidence of malignancy. We report an extremely rare case of a large cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder mimicking gallbladder carcinoma. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a larger papillary mass in the fundus of the gallbladder with a maximum diameter of about 30 mm, the largest gallbladder polyp ever reported to our knowledge.
Kaido
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Department of Surgery, Otsu Municipal Hospital, 2-9-9-Motomiya, Otsu, Shiga 520-0804, Japan. kaido3@hotmail.com
Kano
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Suzaki
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Yanagibashi
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Shiota
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D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D002784:Cholesterol