ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2016
Incidental findings during routine pathological evaluation of gallbladder specimens: review of 1,747 elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy cases.
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- Epidemiology of gall bladder cancer and its prevalence worldwide: a meta-analysis.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Safe, selective histopathological examination of gallbladder specimens: a systematic review.The British journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Surgical setting of initial cholecystectomy influences prognosis in incidentally detected gallbladder carcinoma.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Article
- Incidental diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma during or after routine cholecystectomy: A retrospective study with emphasis on clinicopathologic findings.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Review
- Prognostic evaluation in gallbladder carcinoma: Introducing a composite risk model integrating nutritional and immune markers.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Incidental Gallbladder Cancer Found During Cholecystectomy for Cholelithiasis: A Case-Control Study.Gastro hep advances · 2025Article
- Routine Histopathological Examination of the Specimen After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Can We Be Brave Enough to Give Up?The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Incidental Carcinoma after Cholecystectomy for Benign Disease of the Gallbladder: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Prospective multi-center study of surgeon's assessment of the gallbladder compared to histopathological examination to detect incidental malignancy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2019Article
- A Shot That Hits the Tumor: Incidental Finding of Early Colon Cancer in a Gunshot Wound Specimen-The Role of Pathologic Examination.Case reports in pathology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Introduction Cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases can lead to previously undiagnosed gallbladder cancer during histopathological evaluation. Despite some controversy over its usefulness, histopathological evaluation of all gallbladder specimens is common in most hospitals. We evaluated the results of routine pathology of the gallbladder after cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases with regard to unexpected primary gallbladder cancer (UPGC). Methods Patients undergoing cholecystectomy because of benign gallbladder diseases between 2009 and 2013 were enrolled in this study. All gallbladder specimens were sent to the pathology department, and histopathological reports were examined in detail. The impact of demographic features on pathological diagnoses and prevalence of UPGC assessed. Data on additional interventions and postoperative survival for patients with UPGC were collected. Results We enrolled 1,747 patients (mean age, 48.7±13.6 years). Chronic cholecystitis was the most common diagnosis (96.3%) and was associated significantly with being female (p=0.001). Four patients had UPGC (0.23%); one was stage T3 at the time of surgery, and the remaining three cases were stage T2. Conclusions Routine histopathological examination of the gallbladder is valuable for identification of cancer that requires further postoperative management.
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