title: Isolated non-necrotising granulomatous vasculitis of the gall bladder- a rare entity.
abstract: Gall bladder diseases are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Gall bladder diseases comprise a wide spectrum of disease entities including non specific inflammatory diseases, acute and chronic cholecystitis, follicular cholecystitis, granulomatous cholecystitis, metaplasic and dysplastic diseases of the gall bladder mucosa, gall bladder polyps and carcinomas. Here, we describe an unusual and a rare case of granulomatous vasculitis of the gall bladder incidentally diagnosed in a 38-year-old female, in a routine cholecystectomy specimen. Granulomatous vasculitis has been reported as a part of localised vasculitis of the gastrointestinal tract in the literature. The case is presented here for the rarity of the diagnosis of an isolated non-necrotising granulomatous vasculitis of the gall bladder.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Sree Balaji Medical College , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India .
authors.forename: Priavadhana Rajan
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Prasaad
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Sree Balaji Medical College , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India .
authors.forename: Shubhranshu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shekhar
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Pathology, Sree Balaji Medical College , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India .
authors.forename: S Anu
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Priyadharshini
keywords: Follicular cholecystitis; Gallstones; Granulomatous vasculitis