ArticleBMC gastroenterology2019
Gallbladder polyps - a follow-up study after 11 years.
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- Interpretation, Reporting, Imaging-Based Workups, and Surveillance of Incidentally Detected Gallbladder Polyps and Gallbladder Wall Thickening: 2025 Recommendations From the Korean Society of Abdominal Radiology.Korean journal of radiology · 2025Guideline
- Risk of developing gallbladder cancer in patients with gallbladder polyps detected on transabdominal ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of radiology · 2022Pooled it
- Analysis on clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of adenoma-associated gallbladder carcinoma.Updates in surgery · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gallbladder Polyps Among Jeju Natives and Migrants: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Resected gallbladder polyps: comparison of the 2022 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and Joint European Societies Guidelines' diagnostic performance.European radiology · 2026Article
- Evaluating Multiple Input Strategies of Large Language Models for Gallbladder Polyps on Ultrasound: Comparative Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- Dynamic growth risk of incidentally detected gallbladder polyps-A retrospective, single-center analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Retrospective Study of the Prevalence and Associated Factors of Gallbladder Polyps among Residents of Two Korean Cities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Gallbladder polyps and adenomyomatosis.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Feasibility of transgastric endoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery for benign gallbladder diseases (with video).Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Genomic characterization of co-existing neoplasia and carcinoma lesions reveals distinct evolutionary paths of gallbladder cancer.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Gallbladder polyps: evolving approach to the diagnosis and management.Yeungnam University journal of medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of gallbladder polyps in primary health care centers among patients examined by abdominal ultrasonography in Qatar: a case-control study.Qatar medical journal · 2021Article
- Association between the non-HDL-cholesterol-to-HDL-cholesterol ratio and the risk of gallbladder polyp formation among men: a retrospective cohort study.Lipids in health and disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence and natural long-term progression of gallbladder polyps in a random sample of the general population.
methodsFour hundred and thirteen subjects (190 women, 223 men; aged 29-75 years) were studied first in 2002 and again eleven years later in 2013. All subjects were interviewed using a standardised questionnaire, anthropometric data were recorded, and an abdominal ultrasound scan was carried out.
resultsThe prevalence of gallbladder polyps was 6.1% (115/1880) in the 2002 study and 12.1% (50/413) in the 2013 follow-up study. After eleven years, 36 subjects (8.7%, 36/413) had developed new polyps, thirteen subjects (48.1%, 13/27) no longer had gallbladder polyps, and 14 subjects (51.9%, 14/27) still had polyps. The number of polyps had increased in six of these subjects (43%, 6/14), decreased in a further six (43%, 6/14), and remained unchanged in two (14%, 2/14). The mean polyp size was 4.7 mm (± 2.2 mm, range 2-20 mm) in 2002 and 4.0 mm (± 1.9 mm, range 0.5-11 mm) at follow-up. A decrease in polyp size was noted in seven (50%) of the 14 subjects, an increase in size in five subjects (35.7%), and no change in two subjects (14.3%). The shape of the polyps had changed from pedunculated to sessile in two subjects (14.3%, 2/14) and from sessile to pedunculated in one subject (7.1%, 1/14).
conclusionsIn long-term follow-up, the prevalence of gallbladder polyps increased, with new lesions developing in 8.7% of the population. Polyps persisted in 51.9% of the subjects who had them in the original study and disappeared in the other 48.1%.
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