Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: The use of preoperative CT findings to differentiate it from gallbladder carcinoma

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Uchiyama, Kazuhisa ^a   Ozawa, Satoru ^a   Ueno, Masaki ^a   Hayami, Shinya ^a   Hirono, Seiko ^a   Ina, Shinomi ^a   Kawai, Manabu ^a   Tani, Masaji ^a   Yamaue, Hiroki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT scan; Diffusion weighted (DW) MRI; FDG PET; Gallbladder carcinoma; Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 67349156070     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0067-9     Document Type: Article

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