[Pseudotumoral adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder diagnosed by ultrasound. Report of one case].
Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder wall is a frequent benign degenerative hyperplasia of unknown etiology. In some cases it looks like a malignant tumor. The diagnosis can be suspected during ultrasound examination. We report a 36 year-old male that presented with nonspecific dyspepsia. The ultrasound showed a gallbladder mass with small cyst and echogenic spot inside that suggested the presence of Rokitansky-Ashoff sinuses, seen in adenomyomatosis. The patient was operated and the tumor was excised. The pathological examination of the surgical specimen confirmed the presence of gallbladder adenomyomatosis.
Whittle
Carolina
C
Servicio de Ecotomografía, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Chile. cwhittle@alemana.cl
Hepp
Juan
J
Soto
Eduardo
E
Niedmann
Juan
J
Cortés
Marcela
M
D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography