title: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis mimicking gallbladder cancer.
abstract: Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a benign, uncommon variant of chronic cholecystitis characterised by focal or diffuse destructive inflammatory process of the gallbladder (GB). Macroscopically, it appears like yellowish tumour-like masses in the wall of the GB. This article reports on a 74-year-old woman with XGC mimicking GB cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Ofor
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ewelukwa
authors.forename: Omair
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Salma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akram
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002765:Cholecystography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*