GAMUT OF GALL BLADDER LESIONSA HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA

Dr. Nalli R. Sumitra Devi; Dr. K. Valarmathi; Dr. A. Jamila; Dr. Abinaya

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

GAMUT OF GALL BLADDER LESIONSA HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA

Dr. Nalli R. Sumitra Devi, Dr. K. Valarmathi, Dr. A. Jamila, Dr. Abinaya

Abstract :

This study reviews the demographic aspects and histomorphological changes that occur in the gall bladder.The present retrospective and prospective study was carried out in the Department of Pathology,Stanley Medical College,Chennai during a period of one year from August 2015 to August 2016.A total of 200 cases were examined and parameters such as age and clinical presentation were recorded in adjunct to the histopathological study of the received gall bladder.The age group ranged from 21yrs to 70yrs with a sex predilection towards females,the M:F ratio being 1:1.78.The most common lesion was chronic cholecystitis and the spectrum of lesions in our study were, adenomyoma,empyema, granulomatous cholecystitis,cholesterolosis and adenocarcinoma .Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the gall bladder was a rarity in this study.