2009
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-009-0018-8
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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis remains a challenge in medical practice: experience in 24 cases

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“…[1,2] It mostly affects women (Male-to-female ratio 1:9) during fifth to sixth decades. [1] It is mostly always linked with gallstones with pathogenesis being a mystery, trigger being gallstones, obstruction to bile flow and cholestasis and infection associated with ruptured Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (outpouchings of mucosal epithelium through gall bladder wall).…”
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“…[1,2] It mostly affects women (Male-to-female ratio 1:9) during fifth to sixth decades. [1] It is mostly always linked with gallstones with pathogenesis being a mystery, trigger being gallstones, obstruction to bile flow and cholestasis and infection associated with ruptured Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (outpouchings of mucosal epithelium through gall bladder wall).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…[1] Due to the rupture of the serosa, infiltration and adhesion to the surrounding tissues occur. [1] Though a benign rare disease, it mimics many other forms of cholecystitis and also gall bladder carcinoma which poses a dilemma to the diagnostician and radiologist and cumbersome to the surgeon. [1,2,3] It is associated with post-operative morbidity and prolonged hospital stay.…”
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“…Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis is known to mimic GBC clinically and on radiological imaging [15,16] . In present study out of five cases with clinical suspicion of GBC, xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis was reported in three cases.…”
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