An uncommon case of gall bladder mass: gall bladder tuberculosis.

An uncommon case of gall bladder mass: gall bladder tuberculosis.
Trop Doct. 2019 Feb 19;:49475519829601
Authors: Deo KB, Sharma V, Mandavdhare H, Kumar Basher R, Rohilla M, Singh H
Abstract
Gall bladder tuberculosis (TB) is a rare entity and differentiation of gall bladder TB from gall bladder malignancy is difficult. We hereby present an unusual case of incidental diagnosis of gall bladder TB during the evaluation of a gall bladder with suspicion of gall bladder cancer in a 49-year-old woman. The diagnosis of gall bladder TB was made with fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from the gall bladder mass as the disease was found unresectable after cross-sectional imaging. Even with the advancement of cross-sectional imaging, the differentiation of gall bladder TB from gall bladder malignancy is not possible without tissue diagnosis.
PMID: 30782095 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Tropical Doctor - February 19, 2019 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Deo KB, Sharma V, Mandavdhare H, Kumar Basher R, Rohilla M, Singh H Tags: Trop Doct Source Type: research