An uncommon case of gall bladder mass: gall bladder tuberculosis. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Deo, Kunal Bikram; Sharma, Vishal; Mandavdhare, Harshal; Kumar Basher, Rajender; Rohilla, Manish; Singh, Harjeet
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 49:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 136
• Page End: 138
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Asia -- diagnosis -- digestive -- disease -- tuberculosis; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/0049475519829601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

Gall bladder tuberculosis (TB) is a rare entity and differentiation of gall bladder TB from gall bladder malignancy is difficult. We hereby present an unusual case of incidental diagnosis of gall bladder TB during the evaluation of a gall bladder with suspicion of gall bladder cancer in a 49-year-old woman. The diagnosis of gall bladder TB was made with fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from the gall bladder mass as the disease was found unresectable after cross-sectional imaging. Even with the advancement of cross-sectional imaging, the differentiation of gall bladder TB from gall bladder malignancy is not possible without tissue diagnosis.