title: Gallbladder tuberculosis: false-positive PET diagnosis of gallbladder cancer.
abstract: Gallbladder tuberculosis (GT) is an extremely rare disease, and very few cases have been reported in the literature. The first case of GT was described in 1870 by Gaucher. A correct preoperative diagnosis of GT is unusual, and it is frequently confused with various gallbladder diseases. We present a new case of a patient who underwent surgery with the preoperative diagnosis of gallbladder cancer after a false positive positron emission tomography scan in the diagnostic work-up.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreatica y Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Granada, Spain. jose_ramia@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramia
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muffak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garrote
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ferron
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*