Pathologic Findings of the Gallbladder in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Biliary Dyskinesia

Abstract

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Gallbladder Dyskinesia

“…There also may be an overlap of other functional gastrointestinal disorders, 17,18 as well as an association with abnormal gastric and colon motility 19 . Equally, pathologic findings in patients undergoing CCY show heterogeneous findings including chronic cholecystitis, cholesterolosis, mucosal hyperplasia (adenomyomatosis), and no pathologic diagnosis 20 . Retrospective studies demonstrate detectable pathology in the majority (>80%) of resected GBs, most commonly chronic cholecystitis 21 …”