title: A case of gallbladder mass: Malakoplakia (The tumor mimicker).
abstract: Diagnosis of malakoplakia presenting as gall bladder mass is a diagnostic dilemma faced by pathologists, radiologists, and surgeons. Malakoplakia is a rare inflammatory disorder and tumor mimicker usually occurring in the urinary tract, may occasionally be found in gall bladder. Here, we present a rare case, presenting as gall bladder mass in a known case of gallstone disease, clinically suspected as carcinoma and later turned out to be malakoplakia in gall bladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Kanwaljeet
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, 166 Military Hospital, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Tathagatta
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy