Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

Histopathological study of cholecystectomy specimens -A hospital based study

Dr. Smita Sawant, Dr. Nirmala Gaikwad, Dr. Kalpana Hajirnis, Dr. Shumalia Zaheer

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Cholecystectomy for gall bladder diseases is the most commonly performedsurgical procedure worldwide. Routine examination of the gall bladder after surgery throws up interesting possibilities including carcinoma.</span><sup style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">(1)</sup></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#222222">In the present study total 265 cases were included where 186 (70.18%) were females &amp; 79 (29.82%) were males. The male to female ratio was 1:2.35 in our study.&nbsp;< /> Age distribution showed maximum patient in the age group of 31-50 years, 57 patients in both the decade&nbsp;Histomorphologically, in our study maximum cases were of chronic calculous cholecystitis 210 (79.24%) cases followed by chronic cholecystitis 20 (7.54%)cases acute on chronic cholecystitis13 (4.90%)cases, acute calculous cholecystitis 8(3.01%)cases.< /> Out of 265 cases 2 (0.77%) were adenocarcinoma. In our study we found one case of porcelain gall bladder, acute gangrenous cholecystitis, adenoma gall bladder &amp; acute perforating cholecystitis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;&#10;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">&nbsp;< /> Conclusion:&nbsp;< /> Our study strongly recommends routine histopathological examination of all cholecystectomy specimens.</span></p>