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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Gross images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Gulwani H. Inflammatory polyp. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/gallbladderinflammatorypolyp.html. Accessed April 24th, 2024.
Definition / general
- 15% of benign polyps
- Associated with chronic cholecystitis
Case reports
- 69 year old man with inflammatory polyp mimicking early polypoid carcinoma (Case Rep Gastroenterol 2009;3:255)
Gross description
- 3 - 15 mm, red gray brown, usually sessile and single
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Sessile mucosal projections with a surface of columnar epithelial cells covering a fibrous stroma with chronic inflammatory cells and lipid laden macrophages in granulation type tissue