A case of porcelain gallbladder.
- Author:
Min Wook SO
1
;
Myung Hwan KIM
;
Ji Seon OH
;
Sang Ah LEE
;
Sang Soo LEE
;
Dong Wan SEO
;
Sung Koo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. mhkim@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Porcelain gallbladder;
Cholecystectomy
- MeSH:
Calcium;
Cholecystectomy;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
Dental Porcelain*;
Gallbladder Neoplasms;
Gallbladder*;
Humans;
Korea
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;72(2):222-225
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Porcelain gallbladder is characterized by extensive deposition of calcium in the wall of the gallbladder. It is commonly associated with gallbladder cancer, but it has been rarely reported in Korea. Porcelain gallbladder is regarded as a precancerous lesion and prophylactic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice. We report here a case of a patient with porcelain gallbladder. This case showed the typical radiologic and pathologic findings of this disease. The patient was treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
