Gallbladder & extrahepatic bile ducts

Gallbladder nonneoplastic

Metaplasia



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Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
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Definition / general
  • Usually gastric or intestinal, rarely squamous
  • Associated with older age, gallstones
Bone metaplasia
Case reports
Cartilaginous metaplasia
Case reports
Gastric gland metaplasia
Definition / general
  • 66 - 84% of cholecystectomy specimens
  • Pyloric, antral or mucous glands
  • Glands usually scattered in lamina propria but may extend into muscular layer
  • May form polyps
  • Don't call adenoma unless dysplasia present


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Positive stains
Intestinal metaplasia
Definition / general
  • Very common finding in cholecystectomy specimens (up to 86%, Sao Paulo Med J 2008;126:220)
  • Goblet cells, endocrine cells, Paneth cells, absorptive cells
  • Also pyloric gland metaplasia
  • Rarely forms polyps


Case reports

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Additional references
Squamous metaplasia
Case reports
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