A large inflammatory polyp of the gallbladder masquerading as gallbladder carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 770-774

  Maeyama, Ryo ^a   Yamaguchi, Koji ^a   Noshiro, Hirokazu ^a   Takashima, Masaki ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder carcinoma; Gallbladder polyp; Inflammatory polyp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; POLYPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031718066     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050172     Document Type: Article

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