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==General==
==General==
*Common in [[chronic cholecystitis]].
*Common in [[chronic cholecystitis]].
*Seen in ~13% of cases in a large series of 23,304 gallbladders.<ref name=pmid21043073>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Roa | first1 = I. | last2 = de Aretxabala | first2 = X. | last3 = Ibacache | first3 = G. | last4 = Muñoz | first4 = S. | title = [Association between cholesterolosis and gallbladder cancer]. | journal = Rev Med Chil | volume = 138 | issue = 7 | pages = 804-8 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 21043073 }}</ref>
**Slightly more common in women than men (14% of cases in women versus 10% of cases in men).
*Less likely to be associated with cancer than gallbladders without cholesterolosis; relative risk of cancer in non-cholesterolosis gallbladders 9.2.<ref name=pmid21043073/>
*Associated with yellow [[gallstones]] (cholesterol type gallstones).
*Associated with yellow [[gallstones]] (cholesterol type gallstones).


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Image:Cholesterolosis_of_the_Gallbladder.jpg | Gallbladder cholesterolosis. (WC/euthman)
Image:Cholesterolosis_of_the_Gallbladder.jpg | Gallbladder cholesterolosis. (WC/euthman)
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===Microscopic===
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Numerous foamy macrophages in the lamina propria.
*Numerous foamy macrophages in the lamina propria.
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*[[Cholesterol polyp of gallbladder]] - polypoid shape.
*[[Cholesterol polyp of gallbladder]] - polypoid shape.


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Image:Gallbladder_cholesterolosis_intermed_mag_cropped.jpg | Cholesterolosis - intermed. mag. (WC)
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Gallbladder cholesterolosis
Diagnosis in short

Gallbladder cholesterolosis. H&E stain.

LM abundant foamy macrophages in the lamina propria, +/-papillary hyperplasia
LM DDx cholesterol polyp of gallbladder
Gross gallbladder mucosa with strawberry-like texture
Site gallbladder

Associated Dx chronic cholecystitis, obesity, cholelithiasis
Clinical history biliary colic - due to chronic cholecystitis
Prevalence common
Prognosis benign

Gallbladder cholesterolosis, also known simply as cholesterolosis, is a common gallbladder pathology associated with chronic cholecystitis.

Informally, gallbladder cholesterolosis is known as strawberry gallbladder.

General

  • Common in chronic cholecystitis.
  • Seen in ~13% of cases in a large series of 23,304 gallbladders.[1]
    • Slightly more common in women than men (14% of cases in women versus 10% of cases in men).
  • Less likely to be associated with cancer than gallbladders without cholesterolosis; relative risk of cancer in non-cholesterolosis gallbladders 9.2.[1]
  • Associated with yellow gallstones (cholesterol type gallstones).

Gross

Features:

  • Mucosa has strawberry-like appearance.
    • The similarity is in the surface texture.
    • The colour (yellow) is not strawberry-like.

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Microscopic

Features:

  • Numerous foamy macrophages in the lamina propria.
  • +/-Papillary hyperplasia.[2]

DDx:

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GALLBLADDER, CHOLECYSTECTOMY:
- CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS WITH CHOLESTEROLOSIS.
- CHOLELITHIASIS.
GALLBLADDER, CHOLECYSTECTOMY:
- CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS WITH FOCAL FOAMY MACROPHAGES IN LAMINA PROPRIA.
- CHOLELITHIASIS.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roa, I.; de Aretxabala, X.; Ibacache, G.; Muñoz, S. (Jul 2010). "[Association between cholesterolosis and gallbladder cancer].". Rev Med Chil 138 (7): 804-8. PMID 21043073.
  2. Celoria, GC.; Rodríguez Otero, JC.; Proske, SA.; Vallilengua, C. (1994). "Papillary hyperplasia and cholesterolosis of the gallbladder.". Medicina (B Aires) 54 (1): 31-4. PMID 7990683.