Difference between revisions of "Gallbladder"

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===General===
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''pyloric metaplasia'', ''pseudopyloric metaplasia'', ''mucous gland metaplasia''.<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_1789>{{Ref Sternberg4|1789}}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''pyloric metaplasia'', ''pseudopyloric metaplasia'', ''mucous gland metaplasia''.<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_1789>{{Ref Sternberg4|1789}}</ref>
*Usually not reported.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_1789>{{Ref Sternberg4|1789}}</ref>  
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_1789>{{Ref Sternberg4|1789}}</ref>  
*Cells with...
*Columnar cells with:
**Abundant, pale, apical mucin.
**Abundant, pale, apical mucin.
**Small basal nucleus.
**Small basal nucleus.
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Notes:
Notes:
*Glands with a similar appearance are seen in association with the common bile duct.<ref>EC. 3 March 2011.</ref>
*May look similar to cells of the gallbladder neck<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_1789>{{Ref Sternberg4|1789}}</ref> and common bile duct.<ref>EC. 3 March 2011.</ref>
**These glandular cells are not as columnar and have less well-defined cell borders.
***Cells with antral type metaplasia >2:1 (height:width), benign mucosal glands <2:1.


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