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ArticleWorld journal of surgery2018

Factors Associated with Premalignant Epithelial Changes in Chronic Calculous Cholecystitis: A Case-Control Study.

Muhibullah Bangash, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Noman Shahzad, Amir Hafeez Shariff, Roger Christopher Gill

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Article in World journal of surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Muhibullah BangashAga Khan University Hospital, General Surgery Office, Link Building, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Abdul Rehman AlviAga Khan University Hospital, General Surgery Office, Link Building, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Noman ShahzadAga Khan University Hospital, General Surgery Office, Link Building, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. drns01@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8125-1554
Amir Hafeez ShariffAga Khan University Hospital, General Surgery Office, Link Building, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Roger Christopher GillAga Khan University Hospital, General Surgery Office, Link Building, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
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introductionGallstones are known to be associated with premalignant changes in the gallbladder epithelium that range from atypical hyperplasia, metaplasia, dysplasia to carcinoma. Recognition of factors associated with these changes in patients with gallstones can potentially be helpful in identifying patients to whom prophylactic cholecystectomy can be offered to reduce the chances of developing carcinoma.

objectiveTo identify factors associated with premalignant epithelial changes including atypical hyperplasia, metaplasia, and dysplasia in gallbladder mucosa in patients with chronic calculus cholecystitis. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was retrospective case-control study conducted over a period of 10 years from 2004 to 2014. Cases were patients with reported histopathological premalignant epithelial changes along with chronic calculus cholecystitis, and controls were patients without premalignant epithelial changes but chronic calculus cholecystitis. Controls were twice the number of the cases.

resultsOver study period, 92 patients were reported to have premalignant epithelial changes on gall bladder histopathology for whom 184 controls were selected. Of cases, 61 (66%) patients had atypical hyperplasia, while metaplasia and dysplasia were present in 26 (28%) and 5 (5%) cases, respectively. Mean age was 47.5 ± 14.5 years, and 74% of the study population were female. Wall thickness of more than 3 mm (OR = 4.14, p value < 0.001) turned out to be statistically significant independent variables associated with premalignant lesions in gallbladder mucosa.

conclusionOdds of premalignant epithelial change in gall bladder mucosa in patients with gall bladder wall thickness of more than 3 mm is four times the odds of patients with wall thickness less than 3 mm, and the effect is statistically significant. Prophylactic cholecystectomy should be considered for this group of patients.

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AdultCholecystectomyCholecystitisChronic DiseaseFemaleGallbladder NeoplasmsGallstonesHumansMaleMetaplasiaMiddle AgedMucous MembranePrecancerous ConditionsRetrospective Studies

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