Gallbladder tuberculosis: false-positive PET diagnosis of gallbladder cancer.
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.
Ramia
J M
JM
Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreatica y Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Granada, Spain. jose_ramia@hotmail.com
Muffak
K
K
Fernández
A
A
Villar
J
J
Garrote
D
D
Ferron
J A
JA
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*