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-*Calcification of gallbladder wall, [[AKA]] "porcelain gallbladder" is '''not''' associated with carcinoma - based on a series of 10,741 cholecystectomies.<ref name=pmid11206901>{{cite journal |author=Towfigh S, McFadden DW, Cortina GR, ''et al'' |title=Porcelain gallbladder is not associated with gallbladder carcinoma |journal=Am Surg |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=7?0 |year=2001 |month=January |pmid=11206901 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
+*Diffuse calcification of gallbladder wall, [[AKA]] "porcelain gallbladder" is '''not''' associated with carcinoma - based on a series of 10,741 cholecystectomies.<ref name=pmid11206901>{{cite journal |author=Towfigh S, McFadden DW, Cortina GR, ''et al'' |title=Porcelain gallbladder is not associated with gallbladder carcinoma |journal=Am Surg |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=7?0 |year=2001 |month=January |pmid=11206901 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
+**Focal mucosal calcification ''is'' associated with malignancy.<ref name=pmid11391368>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stephen | first1 = AE. | last2 = Berger | first2 = DL. | title = Carcinoma in the porcelain gallbladder: a relationship revisited. | journal = Surgery | volume = 129 | issue = 6 | pages = 699-703 | month = Jun | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1067/msy.2001.113888 | PMID = 11391368 }}</ref>
 *[[Cholangiocarcinoma]] is dealt with in the ''[[liver neoplasms]]'' article.