ABSTRACT
Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare inflammatory disease of the gallbladder. Not only does XGC occasionally present as a mass formation with adjacent organ invasion like a malignant neoplasm, it can also infrequently be associated with gallbladder cancer. In the situation, it is difficult to make a differential diagnosis between the diseases. Here, we describe a case of a simultaneous XGC and a carcinoma of the gallbladder in a 61-year-old woman. To the best of our knowledge, there are only a small number of reports on this combination of diseases.
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Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Cholecystitis/pathology , Gallbladder Neoplasms/pathology , Granuloma/pathology , Xanthomatosis/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/complications , Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Biopsy, Needle , Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde , Cholecystitis/complications , Cholecystitis/diagnosis , Cholecystitis/surgery , Endosonography , Female , Gallbladder Neoplasms/complications , Gallbladder Neoplasms/diagnosis , Gallbladder Neoplasms/surgery , Granuloma/complications , Granuloma/diagnosis , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging , Prognosis , Risk Assessment , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Xanthomatosis/complications , Xanthomatosis/diagnosisABSTRACT
Liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis. This report shows the case of a 56-year-old man who developed liver infarction due to portal vein thrombosis from chronic pancreatitis and acrodermatitis enteropathica during the course of his treatment. The rare combination of these complications in a patient with chronic pancreatitis has never previously been reported in the literature.
