Fundal Variant of Adenomyomatosis of the Gall Bladder: An Uncommon Entity

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  • Archana Shivamurthy
  • Roumina Hasan
  • Sushmitha Malpe Gopal
  • Shaila Talengala Bhat
  • Tanvi Shetty
چکیده

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is a benign and degenerative condition of the gallbladder. It is an incidental finding in gall bladder specimens resected for chronic cholecystitis or cholelithiasis. It frequently occurs after 3rd or 4th decade of life and is often an incidental finding in cholecystectomy specimens resected for chronic cholecystitis or cholelithiasis. Patients with adenomyomatosis are usually asymptomatic it can be classified into three types: Segmental, fundal and diffuse types. The fundal variant is uncommon compared to the other two types. Here, in we present a case of a fundal variant of adenomyomatosis of the gall bladder in a 65-year-old male patient.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015