Histopathological study of cholecystectomy specimens -A hospital based study

Dr.Smita Sawant; Dr.Nirmala Gaikwad; Dr.Kalpana Hajirnis; Dr. Shumalia Zaheer

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Histopathological study of cholecystectomy specimens -A hospital based study

Dr. Smita Sawant, Dr. Nirmala Gaikwad, Dr. Kalpana Hajirnis, Dr. Shumalia Zaheer

Abstract :

Cholecystectomy for gall bladder diseases is the most commonly performedsurgical procedure worldwide. Routine examination of the gall bladder after surgery throws up interesting possibilities including carcinoma.⁽¹⁾

In the present study total 265 cases were included where 186 (70.18%) were females & 79 (29.82%) were males. The male to female ratio was 1:2.35 in our study. Age distribution showed maximum patient in the age group of 31-50 years, 57 patients in both the decade Histomorphologically, in our study maximum cases were of chronic calculous cholecystitis 210 (79.24%) cases followed by chronic cholecystitis 20 (7.54%)cases acute on chronic cholecystitis13 (4.90%)cases, acute calculous cholecystitis 8(3.01%)cases. Out of 265 cases 2 (0.77%) were adenocarcinoma. In our study we found one case of porcelain gall bladder, acute gangrenous cholecystitis, adenoma gall bladder & acute perforating cholecystitis.

Conclusion: Our study strongly recommends routine histopathological examination of all cholecystectomy specimens.