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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== | |||
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) | Image:Gallbladder_cholesterolosis_intermed_mag_cropped.jpg | Cholesterolosis - intermed. mag. (WC) | ||