A case of idiopathic eosinophilic cholecystitis.
- Author:
Sang Yeol CHEON
1
;
Yong Seok KIM
;
Je Hyung SUN
;
In Kee CHOI
;
Seung Min KIM
;
Young Woo CHOI
;
Jang Sihn SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. stonedrag@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Eosinophilic cholecystits;
Idiopathic
- MeSH:
Cholecystectomy;
Cholecystitis;
Cholelithiasis;
Eosinophils;
Female;
Gallbladder;
Humans;
Leukocytes;
Middle Aged
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;79(2):177-180
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Eosinophilic cholecystitis is a rare form of cholecystitis that is clinically indistinguishable from the predominant form of calculous cholecystitis. Histologically, it is characterized by a dense, transmural leukocyte infiltrate composed of more than 90% eosinophils. A 60-year-old woman complained of right upper quadrant pain. She had no allergic or medicine history. An abdominal CT scan revealed thickened gallbladder wall but no cholelithiasis, and a cholecystectomy was performed. Histologic examination showed transmural eosinophilic infiltration of the gallbladder wall.
