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Large cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder mimicking gallbladder carcinoma

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Gallbladder tumors larger than 10 mm in diameter have a high incidence of malignancy. We report an extremely rare case of a large cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder mimicking gallbladder carcinoma. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a larger papillary mass in the fundus of the gallbladder with a maximum diameter of about 30 mm, the largest gallbladder polyp ever reported to our knowledge.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Otsu Municipal Hospital, 2-9-9-Motomiya, Otsu, Shiga 520-0804, Japan

    T. Kaido, M. Kano, S. Suzaki, K. Yanagibashi & M. Shiota

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Kaido, T., Kano, M., Suzaki, S. et al. Large cholesterol polyp of the gallbladder mimicking gallbladder carcinoma . Abdom Imaging 29, 100–101 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-003-0091-1

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