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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2021; 31(03): 697-700
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736163
Case Report

Follicular Cholecystitis Mimicking Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis and Malignancy: A Case Report

Martina Aineseder
1   Departments of Radiology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Roy López Grove
1   Departments of Radiology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Eduardo G. Mullenl
2   Departments of Pathology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron, Buenos Aires, Argentina
,
Juan C. Spina
1   Departments of Radiology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

Chronic follicular cholecystitis (CFC) is a rare pathology characterized by prominent lymphoid follicles in the lamina propria distributed throughout the gallbladder wall. It has also been mentioned in the literature as lymphoid hyperplasia and pseudolymphoma. CFC represents less than 2% of cholecystectomies. Its etiopathology is mostly unknown. Most reports are based on histopathological findings, with little or no imaging analysis. We describe a case involving a 66-year-old man radiologically diagnosed as xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) versus malignancy, revealing CFC with surrounding inflammatory changes in the cholecystectomy specimen.

Keywords

follicular cholecystitis - magnetic resonance imaging - xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis


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Article published online:
06 October 2021

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