STRAWBERRY GALLBLADDER: A CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 24
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cholesterolosis is an uncommon surgical condition characterized by abnormal and excessive deposition of cholesterol esters and triglycerides within the macrophages in gallbladder. Cholesterolosis is more common in females around 6th decade and relatively rare in young individuals. Cholesterolosis can occur due to increased uptake of cholesterol from supersaturated bile. Cholesterolosis need not necessarily show high levels of serum cholesterol levels or presence of cholesterol stones. This indicates that it is possible for a patient to develop cholesterolosis even in absence of risk factors presenting as acute cholecystitis, which warrants further need to understand this rare form of an uncommon disease. We present a young female who had complaints of only right hypochondrial pain first episode, she was diagnosed as cholecystitis clinically. Her ultrasound report showed multiple gallbladder polyps. She underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and postoperative recovery was uneventful. Her histopathological report revealed cholesterolosis with chronic calcific cholecystitis. Case presented for its occurrence at early age with no risk factor and it needs to be differentiated from gallbladder malignancy and other disorder of gallbladder where management differs.
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Floret , Balaji , Alankrith Kashyap, Reegan
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