1977•Southern Medical JournalRequires access
Diagnosis of Lymphoma From a Cholecystectomy Specimen
John J. Gillespie, Alberto G. Ayala, Bruce Mackay, YORK E. SILLIMAN
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Abstract
A 31-year-old woman had cholecystectomy for recurrent acute cholecystitis. Pathologic examination of the resected gallbladder revealed unsuspected histiocytic lymphoma. A staging laparotomy seven weeks after cholecystectomy revealed disseminated disease. Lymphomatous involvement of the gallbladder is rarely diagnosed antemortem and indicates disseminated disease until proved otherwise.