Primary Gallbladder Lymphoma in a Male Patient with No Risk Factors Detected Incidentally by CT Colonography
Joint Authors
Mitsopoulos, Grigorios
Patel, Ketan
Rafique, Akkib
Karia, Monil
Sheth, Hemant
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Primary gallbladder lymphoma, although rare, usually presents in females with symptoms mimicking cholecystitis.
We present a rare case of primary gallbladder in an 81-year-old male with no risk factors whose only symptom was weight loss.
Routine blood tests including liver function tests were unremarkable.
A CT colonography was carried out to exclude colonic malignancy.
Unilateral gallbladder wall thickening and lymphadenopathy were incidentally detected and confirmed by ultrasound and a decision for the patient to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy and intraoperative cholangiogram was made.
Histology confirmed extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with follow-up staging and biopsy of the bone marrow not demonstrating spread.
Cholecystectomy was therefore deemed curative and no adjuvant therapy was necessary.
Thickening of the gallbladder wall on any imaging with or without symptoms should not be ignored or assumed to be cholecystitis, even in males with no risk factors.
In these patients urgent cholecystectomy with intraoperative cholangiogram is indicated with histology and haematology follow-up.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karia, Monil& Mitsopoulos, Grigorios& Patel, Ketan& Rafique, Akkib& Sheth, Hemant. 2015. Primary Gallbladder Lymphoma in a Male Patient with No Risk Factors Detected Incidentally by CT Colonography. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060144
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karia, Monil…[et al.]. Primary Gallbladder Lymphoma in a Male Patient with No Risk Factors Detected Incidentally by CT Colonography. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060144
American Medical Association (AMA)
Karia, Monil& Mitsopoulos, Grigorios& Patel, Ketan& Rafique, Akkib& Sheth, Hemant. Primary Gallbladder Lymphoma in a Male Patient with No Risk Factors Detected Incidentally by CT Colonography. Case Reports in Surgery. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060144
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1060144