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Hyperplastic polyp of the gallbladder in a child
Author(s) -
Ochiai Masahiro,
Funabiki Takahiko,
Marugami Yoshihisa,
Sakurai Yoichi,
Matsubara Toshiki,
Hasegawa Shigeru,
Imazu Hiroki
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/s005340070043
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , biopsy , radiology , gastroenterology , general surgery
We report a case of hyperplastic polyp of the gallbladder in a 6‐year‐old girl, successfully treated by laparoscopic cholecyctectomy after a 2‐year follow‐up from the original diagnosis. On her first admission, serum amylase level was very high, so that congenital pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) was suspected. Although it became clear afterwards that the high serum amylase level was derived from a mumps infection, the diagnosis of PBM was not excluded until intraoperative cholangiography was conducted. The tumor in the gallbladder had doubled in size in 2 years. It was not possible to obtain biopsy specimens for histological diagnosis, so the risk of the tumor being malignant could not be completely excluded until surgical resection had been carried out. In spite of the rapid tumor growth, no neoplastic features were seen in the tumor by histopathological examination of the resected specimen; thus, a diagnosis of a hyperplastic polyp of the gallbladder was made.