Chronic inflammatory infiltration of gallbladder (GB) wall, frequently associated with gallstones
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Lopes Vendrami C et al: Gallbladder carcinoma and its differential diagnosis at MRI: what radiologists should know. Radiographics. 41(1):78-95, 2021
Ishigami K et al: Ectopic relapse of IgG4-related disease presenting as IgG4-related sclerosing cholecystitis: a case report and review of literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 97(52):e13868, 2018
Loehfelm TW et al: The utility of hepatic artery velocity in diagnosing patients with acute cholecystitis. Abdom Imaging. 43:1159-67, 2018
Lamps LW: Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. In Goldblum JR et al: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. 11th ed. Elsevier. 851-5, 2017
Bennett GL: Cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, and hyperplastic cholecystoses. In Gore RM et al: Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology. 4th ed. Saunders Elsevier, 2015
Knab LM et al: Cholecystitis. Surg Clin North Am. 94(2):455-70, 2014
Seretis C et al: Metaplastic changes in chronic cholecystitis: implications for early diagnosis and surgical intervention to prevent the gallbladder metaplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequence. J Clin Med Res. 6(1):26-9, 2014
O'Connor OJ et al: Imaging of cholecystitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 196(4):W367-74, 2011
Wang DQH et al: Gallstone disease. In Feldman M et al: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Saunders Elsevier, 2010
Smith EA et al: Cross-sectional imaging of acute and chronic gallbladder inflammatory disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 192(1):188-96, 2009
Catalano OA et al: MR imaging of the gallbladder: a pictorial essay. Radiographics. 28(1):135-55; quiz 324, 2008
van Breda Vriesman AC et al: Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening: differential diagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 188(2):495-501, 2007
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Chronic inflammatory infiltration of gallbladder (GB) wall, frequently associated with gallstones
IMAGING
General Features
Ultrasonographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Image Interpretation Pearls
Selected References
Lopes Vendrami C et al: Gallbladder carcinoma and its differential diagnosis at MRI: what radiologists should know. Radiographics. 41(1):78-95, 2021
Ishigami K et al: Ectopic relapse of IgG4-related disease presenting as IgG4-related sclerosing cholecystitis: a case report and review of literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 97(52):e13868, 2018
Loehfelm TW et al: The utility of hepatic artery velocity in diagnosing patients with acute cholecystitis. Abdom Imaging. 43:1159-67, 2018
Lamps LW: Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. In Goldblum JR et al: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology. 11th ed. Elsevier. 851-5, 2017
Bennett GL: Cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, and hyperplastic cholecystoses. In Gore RM et al: Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology. 4th ed. Saunders Elsevier, 2015
Knab LM et al: Cholecystitis. Surg Clin North Am. 94(2):455-70, 2014
Seretis C et al: Metaplastic changes in chronic cholecystitis: implications for early diagnosis and surgical intervention to prevent the gallbladder metaplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequence. J Clin Med Res. 6(1):26-9, 2014
O'Connor OJ et al: Imaging of cholecystitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 196(4):W367-74, 2011
Wang DQH et al: Gallstone disease. In Feldman M et al: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Saunders Elsevier, 2010
Smith EA et al: Cross-sectional imaging of acute and chronic gallbladder inflammatory disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 192(1):188-96, 2009
Catalano OA et al: MR imaging of the gallbladder: a pictorial essay. Radiographics. 28(1):135-55; quiz 324, 2008
van Breda Vriesman AC et al: Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening: differential diagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 188(2):495-501, 2007
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