A case of eosinophilic cholecystitis: Radiologic-pathologic correlation

oleh: Kiyohito Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Atsushi Takeshita, MD, PhD, Koji Komeda, MD, PhD, Akira Imoto, MD, PhD, Keigo Osuga, MD, PhD

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2024-10-01

Deskripsi

Eosinophilic cholecystitis (EC) is a rare condition that is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration in the gallbladder wall. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman who presented with unremitting right upper quadrant pain for 1 month. Computed tomography showed a strongly enhanced inner layer of the gallbladder wall. Magnetic resonance imaging of the same area showed low signal intensity on T2-weighted imaging. Cholecystectomy was performed, and histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed >100 eosinophils per high-power field in the inner subserosal layer. The area of these histological findings corresponded to the strongly enhanced inner layer of the gallbladder wall identified on computed tomography.