TISSUES: GALLBLADDER - GALLBLADDER
GROSS: Received in formalin labeled gallbladder is a 6 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm previously opened gallbladder. Also within the container is a 1.0 cm round green stone. The serosa is somewhat rough. The mucosa is hemorrhagic. The cystic duct is patent. The wall measures up to 0.5 cm.
MICROSCOPIC: Mucosa is eroded. The muscularis is hypertrophic. The wall is expanded by fibrosis and a marked mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate.
DIAGNOSIS: Gallbladder, cholecystectomy:
Chronic cholecystitis.
Cholelithiasis.