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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Benign and common. | |||
*Seen in approximately 6% of removed gallbladders.<ref name=pmid23236547>{{Cite journal | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = Histopathologic features and frequency of gall bladder lesions in consecutive 540 cholecystectomies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-6 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23236547 }}</ref> | *Seen in approximately 6% of removed gallbladders.<ref name=pmid23236547>{{Cite journal | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = Histopathologic features and frequency of gall bladder lesions in consecutive 540 cholecystectomies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 1 | pages = 91-6 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23236547 }}</ref> | ||
*May be detected on ultrasound.<ref name=pmid23233003/> | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
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*[[Gallbladder adenoma]]. | *[[Gallbladder adenoma]].<ref name=pmid23233003>{{Cite journal | last1 = Park | first1 = CH. | last2 = Chung | first2 = MJ. | last3 = Oh | first3 = TG. | last4 = Park | first4 = JY. | last5 = Bang | first5 = S. | last6 = Park | first6 = SW. | last7 = Kim | first7 = H. | last8 = Hwang | first8 = HK. | last9 = Lee | first9 = WJ. | title = Differential diagnosis between gallbladder adenomas and cholesterol polyps on contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography. | journal = Surg Endosc | volume = 27 | issue = 4 | pages = 1414-21 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1007/s00464-012-2620-x | PMID = 23233003 }}</ref> | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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*[[Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis]]. | *[[Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis]]. | ||
*[[Cholesterolosis of gallbladder]] - not polypoid. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||