The Study on the Clinico-pathological Spectrum of Non-neoplastic and Neoplastic Lesions in Cholecystectomy Specimens at a Tertiary Care Centre
Abstract
Background: Most commonly used surgical procedure for gall-bladder pathology is cholecystectomy. Gall-bladder diseases incidence has increased over the past decade and are cause for a number of histopathological changes like pre-neoplastic conditions and ultimately culminating into the neoplasia. Histopathologic examination of the specimen serves as the absolute diagnosis of the non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions as pre-operative imaging techniques fail to identify the lesions Aim: To analyse the clinico-pathological spectrum of various non- neoplastic and neoplastic lesions occurring in cholecystectomy specimens with and without gall bladder calculus. Materials & Method: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted between 2019 to 2020 at a tertiary care centre in Safedabad, Barabanki, UP. A total of 135 cholecystectomy specimens were evaluated for histopathological examination. After histopathological reporting all cases were clinicopatholically related. Data was analysed using SPSS software, the demographic data were presented as frequency, percentage; continuous variables with mean and standard deviation. Results: 74.8% were females (n=101) and 25.2% were males (n=34) with mean age of 42.96 years. Gall-bladder stone was present in 85.2% of patients (n=115) and absent in 14.8% patients (n=20). Neoplastic lesion in 7 of the patients, 5 patients with adenocarcinoma, 1 patient with adenosquamous carcinoma and 1 patient with papillary adenocarcinoma. Gall-bladder carcinoma were diagnosed in our study; the poorly differentiated GBC revealed high Ki67 Score. Conclusion: Gall-bladder diseases can have a varied presentation both clinically and histopathologically. Hence, a complete and meticulous macroscopic and microscopic examination of all cholecystectomy specimens should be mandatory for better patient care.References
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