Gallbladder polyps: correlation and agreement between ultrasonographic and histopathological findings in a population with high incidence of gallbladder cancer / Pólipos da vesícula biliar: correlação e concordância entre achados ultrassonográficos e histopatológicos em uma população com alta incidência de câncer de vesícula biliar

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Gallbladder polyps are becoming a common finding in ultrasound. The management has to consider the potential risk of malignant lesions. AIMS: The aim of this study was to analyze the ultrasound findings in patients undergoing cholecystectomy due to gallbladder polyps and compare them for histopathological findings (HPs). METHODS: Patients with an ultrasonographic diagnosis of gallbladder polyp and who underwent cholecystectomy from 2007 to 2020 were included in the study. RESULTS: A total of 447 patients were included, of whom 58% were women. The mean age was 45±12 years. The mean size of polyps in US was 7.9±3.6 mm. Notably, 9% of polyps were greater than 10 mm, and single polyps were significantly larger than the multiple ones (p=0.003). Histopathological findings confirmed the presence of polyps in 88.4%, with a mean size of 4.8±3.4 mm. In all, 16 cases were neoplastic polyps (4.1%), 4 of them being malignancies, and all were single and larger than 10 mm. We found a significant correlation between ultrasound and histopathological findings polyp size determination (r=0.44; p<0.001). The Bland-Altman analysis obtained an overestimation of the US size of 3.26 mm. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis between both measures obtained an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.77 (95%CI 0.74-0.81). Ultrasound polyps size larger than 10 mm had an odds ratio (OR) of 8.147 (95%CI 2.56-23.40) for the presence of adenoma and malignancy, with a likelihood ratio of 2.78. CONCLUSIONS: There is a positive correlation and appropriate diagnostic accuracy between ultrasound size of gallbladder polyps compared to histopathological records, with a trend to overestimate the size by about 3 mm. Neoplastic polyps are uncommon, and it correlates with size. Polyps larger than 10 mm were associated with adenoma and malignancy.

RESUMO RACIONAL: Os pólipos da vesícula biliar estão se tornando um achado comum na ultrassonografia (US). O manejo deve levar em consideração o risco de lesões malignas. OBJETIVOS: Analisar os achados da ultrassonografia em pacientes submetidos à colecistectomia por pólipos vesicais e compará-los com os achados histopatológicos. MÉTODOS: Foram revisados os prontuários médicos dos pacientes com diagnóstico ultrassonográfico de pólipo vesicular e submetidos à colecistectomia no período de 2007 a 2020. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos no estudo 447 pacientes. A média de idade foi 45±12anos, sendo 58% mulheres. O tamanho médio dos pólipos na US foide 7,9±3,6mm. Nove por cento foram maiores que 10 mm, e os pólipos únicos encontrados foram maiores do que os múltiplos (p=0,003). A HP confirmou a presença de pólipos em 88,4%, tamanho médio 4,8±3,4mm. Dezesseis eram pólipos neoplásicos (4,1%) e quatro deles malignos, únicos e maiores que 10 mm. Foi encontrado correlação significativa entre a determinação do tamanho do pólipo ao ultrassonografia e histopatológicos (r=0,44; p<0,001). A análise de Bland-Altman obteve uma superestimação do tamanho do pólipo ao US em 3,26 mm. A análise da curva da característica de operação do receptor entre as duas medidas obteve uma área sob a curva curva da característica de operação do receptor (AUC) de 0,77 (IC95% 0,74-0,81). Pólipos ao ultrassonografia maiores que 10 mm apresentaram razão de chance (OR) de 8,147 (IC95% 2,56-23,40) para presença de adenoma e malignidade, com razão de verossimilhança de 2,78. CONCLUSÕES: Há uma correlação positiva e acurácia diagnóstica apropriada entre o tamanho dos pólipos da vesícula biliar por ultrassonografia em comparação com os achados histopatológicos, com uma tendência de superestimar o tamanho em cerca de 3 mm. Pólipos maiores que 10 mm foram associados a adenoma e malignidade.

Cholangiohydatidosis: an Infrequent Cause of Obstructive Jaundice and Acute Cholangitis

ABSTRACT Background. One of the evolutionary complications of hepatic echinococcosis (HE) is cholangiohydatidosis, a rare cause of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis. The aim of this study was to describe the results of surgical treatment on a group of patients with cholangiohydatidosis and secondary cholangitis in terms of post-operative morbidity (POM). Material and method. Case series of patients operated on for cholangiohydatidosis and cholangitis in the Department at Surgery of the Universidad de La Frontera and the Clínica Mayor in Temuco, Chile between 2004 and 2014. The minimum follow-up time was six months. The principal outcome variable was the development of POM. Other variables of interest were age, sex, cyst diameter, hematocrit, leukocytes, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and transaminases, type of surgery, existence of concomitant evolutionary complications in the cyst, length of hospital stay, need for surgical re-intervention and mortality. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Results. A total of 20 patients were studied characterized by a median age of 53 years, 50.0% female and 20.0% having two or more cysts with a mean diameter of 13.3 ± 6.3 cm. A median hospital stay of six days and follow-up of 34 months was recorded. POM was 30.0%, re-intervention rate was 10.0% and mortality rate was 5.0%. Conclusion. Cholangiohydatidosis is a rare cause of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis associated with significant rates of POM and mortality.(AU)

Hamartoma de glándula peribiliar: reporte de dos casos / Peribiliar gland hamartoma: report of two cases

El hamartoma peribiliar (HPB) o adenoma de conductos biliares corresponde a un tumor hepático benigno, que representa tan solo el 1,3 por ciento de todos los tumores primarios del hígado. Macroscópicamente corresponde a una lesión redondeada bien delimitada, subcapsular, siendo habitualmente diagnosticado como un hallazgo intra-operatorio o de autopsia. Se presentan dos pacientes con diagnóstico incidental de HPB realizado en la Unidad de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital Hernán Henríquez de Temuco.

Peribiliary gland hamartoma (PGH) or bile duct adenoma corresponds to a benign liver tumor, which represents only 1.3 percent of all primary liver tumors. Corresponds to a macroscopically well-defined round lesion, subcapsular, and is usually diagnosed as an intra-operative findings or autopsy. We report two patients with incidental diagnosis of PGH conducted in the Pathology Unit of the Hospital Hernán Henríquez in Temuco.

[Cystadenoma of the biliary tract]. / Cistadenoma de vías biliares.

The case of a 12-year-old boy with the diagnosis of intrahepatic biliary duct cystadenoma is presented. A critical review of the literature revealed less than 100 cases described at present. Differential diagnosis with other intrahepatic cystic lesions of varied etiology is discussed too.

[Liver neoplasms in children]. / Las neoplasias hepáticas en los niños.

Presentation is made of 27 cases of liver neoplasms in infancy and childhood that were admitted to the Pediatric Hospital of the National Medical Center of the IMSS, through a period of 15 years. Sixteen cases were diagnosed as hepatoblastoma, 2 as hepatocellular carcinoma, 4 as mesenchymal hamartoma, 2 as hemangioendothelioma of infantile type, 2 were embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the intrahepatic bile-ducts and one case of multiple bile-ducts hamartoma. The hepatoblastoma and the mesenchymal hamartoma are neoplasms that appear more frequently before the age of 2 years; the hepatocellular carcinoma, after 5 years of age and the infantile hemangioendothelioma generally appears before 6 months old. In all, benign and malignant cases, the clinical manifestations were non specific and did not help to establish the diagnoses. The mesenchymal hamartomas were characterized by the fast growth that led to think in neoplasms of malignant nature. The selective treatment is lobectomy with a better prognosis if the neoplasm is located in the left lobe. The right lobe was the most frequently affected by the benign tumors, as well as by the malignant, and the lung was the organ wherein metastases more often were found.