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Benign tumours and tumour like lesions of the gallbladder

Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.

The gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts play host to a surprisingly large number of benign tumours and tumour like lesions which may be visible on imaging. On gallbladder most of then are detect incidentally, whereas in the bile ducts they are usually found in symptomatic patients (obstructive jaundice)². These lesions include ¹:

epithelial tumours
mural tumours
- leiomyoma
- fibroma
- lipoma
- haemangioma
- granulosa cell tumour
neurogenic tumours
- neurofibroma
tumour-like masses
- heterotrophic gastric or pancreatic tissue
- cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder : most common
- inflammatory polyp
- xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
- adenomyomatosis
- primary sclerosing cholangitis

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1. Levy AD, Murakata LA, Abbott RM et-al. From the archives of the AFIP. Benign tumors and tumorlike lesions of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Radiographics. 22 (2): 387-413. Radiographics (citation) - Pubmed citation
2. Scheppach W, Bresalier RS, Tytgat GNJ. Gastrointestinal and Liver Tumors. Springer. (2004) ISBN:3540434623. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon

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