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A tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a child of 3 years

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Adenoma is the most frequent type of gallbladder (GB) neoplasm; however, GB neoplasms are unusual and unsuspected diagnoses in childhood. The average patient age is 50.5±16.3 years. We present a case of tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a 3-year-old girl. She was admitted to the hospital with a 6-month history of abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting. Ultrasonography (USG) revealed an echogenic soft tissue lesion in the lumen of the GB. She underwent cholecystectomy. A tubulopapillary adenoma and adenomatous hyperplasia of the GB were diagnosed histologically. According to the literature, this is the youngest patient found to have gallbladder adenoma.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

    Canan Ersöz & Aysun Uğuz

  2. Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Seyhan Hospital, Adana, Turkey

    Yaşar Ergören

  3. Clinic of Radiology, Seyhan Hospital, Adana, Turkey

    Zafer Koç

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Ersöz, C., Uğuz, A., Ergören, Y. et al. A tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a child of 3 years. Ped Surgery Int 19, 789–790 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-003-1067-5

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