Coronary Artery Disease and Gallbladder Inflammatory Pseudopolyps.
Margherita FosioGiulia CherobinRoberto StramareAngelo Paolo Dei TosChiara GiraudoPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Axial MR image demonstrating multiple small gallbladder polypoid lesions characterized by contrast enhancement in a 78-year-old male hospitalized for acute chest pain due to coronary artery disease who showed fever and emesis during hospitalization and had signs of acute acalculous cholecystitis at computed tomography. Given the overall clinical conditions and the MR features, the inflammatory origin of the polyps was considered. The patient underwent cholecystectomy and the histological diagnosis of gallbladder inflammatory pseudopolyps was confirmed. This rare entity represents 5-10% of all gallbladder polyps, and their differentiation from benign and malignant tumors might be challenging especially in acalculous patients, thus surgery is often performed.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- liver failure
- contrast enhanced
- oxidative stress
- magnetic resonance
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- minimally invasive
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- case report
- chronic rhinosinusitis
- coronary artery bypass
- positron emission tomography
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- cardiovascular disease
- hepatitis b virus
- patient reported
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- image quality