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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2021; 20(01): 93-95
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_118_20
Case Report

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis mimicking gallbladder cancer on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan

Nitin Gupta
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Mahajan Imaging Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Ritu Verma
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Mahajan Imaging Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Ethel Belho
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Mahajan Imaging Centre, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Shashi Dhawan
1   Department of Pathology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

The abnormal thickening of the gallbladder (GB) wall can be caused by a malignant condition like gallbladder carcinoma or by benign lesions such as chronic cholecystitis or xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC). Mural thickening is a common finding between them as fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) can be taken up by inflammatory cells also. Here, we present a patient with irregular thickening of the GB wall which was suspected to of GB carcinoma since FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan showed increased tracer uptake in the lesion. However, after surgery the histopathological report was suggestive of XGC.

Keywords

Gallbladder cancer - positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan - xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis

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Publication History

Received: 13 August 2020

Accepted: 10 September 2020

Article published online:
30 March 2022

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