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POST CHOLECYSTECTOMY HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERN OF GALL BLADDER

Dr Usman Ali, Dr Muhammad Zubair

Objective: The main objective of this research work was to find out the pattern of histopathology of the specimens of gall bladder in the patients after surgical removal of gall bladder. Methodology: This was a retrograde research work conducted in a hospital of private university & two others private hospitals which were non-teaching in the city of Hyderabad. This research work covered a period of complete three years from the start of June 2005 to the end of May 2008. The analysis of the reports of histopathology of all patients who were undergoing open cholecystectomy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy carried out. The inspection of the documents of these patients carried out with specific prominence on appearance, findings of ultrasound before operation, findings during surgery & results of histopathology. Results: Two hundred and eighty-two samples of gall bladder were put under histopathology in the period of this study duration. Seventy-five were the males & two hundred and seven were the female participants. Chronic inflammation of the gall bladder was very dominant outcome of histopathology observed in more than sixty four percent patients. Cholecystitis was followed by the empyema in more than thirty three percent patients whereas gall bladder carcinoma was present in only 1.4% patients. Conclusion: Chronic cholecystitis was the most common feature as discovered by histopathology. Key Words: Empyema, carcinoma, inflammation, chronic, gall bladder, cholelithiasis, histopathology.

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