Open AccessXanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis and Gallbladder Cancer: Two Diseases with Difficult Differential Diagnoses
Author(s) -
Gökhan Akkurt,
Birkan Birben,
Serdar Çoban,
Özgür Akgül,
Sezer Kulaçoğlu,
Mutlu Doğanay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pubmed central
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2148-5607
DOI - 10.5152/tjg.2021.201006
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , gallbladder cancer , gallbladder , cholecystitis , radiology , bile duct , magnetic resonance imaging , medical diagnosis , carcinoma , gastroenterology , pathology
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) etiology has not yet been precisely determined; it is often confused with gallbladder cancer (GBC) in the differential diagnosis.