Extended surgical resection for xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis mimicking advanced gallbladder carcinoma: A case report and review of literature

作     者：Antonino Spinelli Guido Schumacher Andreas Pascher Enrique Lopez-Hanninen Hussain Al-Abadi Christoph Benckert Igor M Sauer Johann Pratschke Ulf P Neumann Sven Jonas Jan M Langrehr Peter Neuhaus 

作者机构：Department of General Visceral and Transplantation SurgeryCharitè-Universitatsmedizin BerlinCampus Virchow KlinikumAugustenburger Platz 113353 BerlinGermany Department of Radiology Charitè-Universitatsmedizin BerlinCampus Virchow KlinikumAugustenburger Platz 113353 BerlinGermany 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第12卷第14期

页      面：2293-2296页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis Gallbladder cancer Gallbladder carcinoma 

摘      要：Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis （XGC） is a destructive inflammatory disease of the gallbladder, rarely involving adjacent organs and mimicking an advanced gallbladder carcinoma. The diagnosis is usually possible only after pathological examination. A 46 year-old woman was referred to our center for suspected gallbladder cancer involving the liver hilum, right liver lobe, right colonic flexure, and duodenum. Brushing cytology obtained by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography （ERC） showed high-grade dysplasia. The patient underwent an en-bloc resection of the mass, consisting of right Iobectomy, right hemicolectomy, and a partial duodenal resection. Pathological examination unexpectedly revealed an XGC. Only six cases of extended surgical resections for XGC with direct involvement of adjacent organs have been reported so far. In these cases, given the possible coexistence of XGC with carcinoma, malignancy cannot be excluded, even after cytology and intraoperative frozen section investigation. In conclusion, due to the poor prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma on one side and possible complications deriving from highly aggressive inflammatory invasion of surrounding organs on the other side, it seems these cases should be treated as malignant tumors until proven otherwise. Clinicians should include XGC among the possible differential diagnoses of masses in liver hilum.