Open AccessCorrelation of gallstone characteristics with mucosal changes in gall bladder
Author(s) -
Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie,
Amrita Duhan,
Sapna Singh,
Manas Aggarwal,
Gitika Aggarwal,
Sen R,
Shailja Garg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tropical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-5792
pISSN - 0250-636X
DOI - 10.7869/tg.2012.6
Subject(s) - gallstones , hyperplasia , medicine , cholecystitis , gallbladder , carcinoma , cholecystectomy , gastroenterology , metaplasia , pathology
Gallstones are known to produce diverse histopathological changes in the gall bladder. Our aim was to correlate various gallstone characteristics (number, size, weight, volume and morphological type) with the type of mucosal response in gall bladder (inflammation, hyperplasia, metaplasia and carcinoma).