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Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis Mimicking Carcinoma Gallbladder.

Elisha PoddarPrakash MainaliSuraj ShresthaPratima GautamAnuradha TwayanaNiharika PathakAshish TiwariAbhishek BhattaraiLaligen AwalePrasan Singh Kansakar
Published in: Case reports in hepatology (2023)
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare benign chronic inflammatory disease of the gallbladder that often presents as cholecystitis and can mimic gallbladder carcinoma. Distinguishing XGC from gallbladder cancer preoperatively is challenging. We present a case of a 62-year-old male who presented with features of carcinoma gallbladder in the CECT abdomen and MRCP. Intraoperatively, there was a mass in the gallbladder and extension into the adjacent structures with involvement of the hepatic artery, 1 st part of the duodenum, portal vein, and hepatic flexure of the colon, and thus a palliative cholecystectomy was done. The histopathological report came out as XCG. The case aims to outline the clinical presentation of XGC and differentiate it from carcinoma gallbladder.
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