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Revision as of 21:19, 21 July 2013
Cholecystitis & cholelithiasis
Microscopic description
A. The section shows gallbladder wall with a minimal superficial lymphocytic infiltrate. No Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses are identified. There is no cholesterolosis, no dysplasia and no metaplasia.
Final diagnosis
A. Gallbladder, cholecystectomy: i) minimal chronic cholecystitis ii) cholelithiasis
Acute vs chronic
- Clinical hx
Chronic
- 40s or less
- RK sinuses
- Papillary hyperplasia
- Cholesterolosis
Acute
- Gallstone in neck
- Edema
- Reactive epithelial changes
- Several PMNs
- Wall thickness > 3 mm (gross) - required for acute