담낭용종으로 진단되었던 황색육아종성 담낭염

• Published in: The Korean journal of gastroenterology Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 582 - 586
• Main Authors: 홍은경, Eun Kyoung Hong, 장명준, Myeong Jun Chang, 강경우, Kyeong Woo Kang, 전용철, Yong Cheol Jeon, 이명석, Myung Seok Lee, 김우중, Woo Joong Kim, 심정원, Jung Weon Shim, 이영철, Young Chul Rhee, 정수영, Soo Yeong Jeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한소화기학회 01.01.1996
• Subjects: Gallbladder polyp; Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
• ISSN: 1598-9992

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis is an uncommon focal or diffuse destructive inflammatory lesion of the gallbladder. It is characterized macroscopically by yellowish tumor-like mass in the wall of the gallbladder, and microscopically characterized in the early stages by a large number of foamy histiocytes and acute inflammatory cells, and in the )ater stages by increasing fibrosis. It has been usually mistaken for gallbladder cancer and often seen with stones. A case is presented in which a 59-year-old woman with clinical gallbladder cholesterol polyp was found at surgery to have a edematous and thickened wall of gallbladder, multiple black pigmented stones and 3 x 0.5cm sized yellowish mass on gallbladder bed which was confirmed later as xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, pathologically. (Korean J Gastroenterol 1996;28:582 - 586)