Actinomycosis of the Gallbladder Mimicking Carcinoma: a Case Report with US and CT Findings
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 169-172, 2007.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-182497
ABSTRACT
We describe a case of actinomycosis of the gallbladder mimicking carcinoma. Sonography showed a hypoechoic mass replacing gallbladder lumen and engulfing a stone; contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhanced thickened gallbladder wall with subtle, disrupted luminal surface enhancement, which formed a mass. As a result of the clinical and radiologic presentation, our impression was of gallbladder carcinoma. Actinomycosis should be included in the differential diagnosis when sonography and computed tomography findings show a mass engulfing the stone in the gallbladder and extensive pericholecystic infiltration with extension to neighboring abdominal wall muscle.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Actinomycosis
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Cholecystectomy
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Contrast Media
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Gallbladder Diseases
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Gallbladder Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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