Retrospective analysis of histo-pathological patterns in gallbladder diseases.

A total of 250 gall bladder samples throughout three years at SKMCH Muzaffarpur, India were used. Of all findings chronic cholecystitis proved to be most prevalent (76%) while acute cholecystitis occurred in 8% of cases and xantho-granulomato-uscholecystitis appeared in 4.8% of specimens. We show that 6% of lesions were hyperplastic and neoplastic changes including adenocarcinoma appeared in 5.2% of cases. Incidental gall bladder carcinoma in 1.2% of examined specimens. The study highlights the necessity of routine histopathological examination since it identifies clinically inconspicuous malignancies before proper treatment can start.