Mycobacterial infection of the gallbladder masquerading as gallbladder cancer with a false positive pet scan
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2013
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Majid, A.
Raju, R.
Trochsler, M.
Kanhere, H.
Maddern, G.
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2013; 2013:1-3
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Adeeb Majid, Ravish Sanghi Raju, Markus Trochsler, Harsh A. Kanhere, and Guy J. Maddern
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Isolated mycobacterial infection of gall bladder is an extremely rare entity. Only anecdotal reports are evident in the literature. A preoperative diagnosis of mycobacterial infection of gallbladder is therefore very difficult. The case of a 72-year-old male who underwent surgery for suspected gallbladder cancer is presented. The diagnosis of cancer was based on radiological findings and an abnormal uptake of fluorine-18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) on positron emission tomography (PET) scan whilst being followed up for colorectal cancer. He underwent cholecystectomy and gallbladder bed resection. Histopathology was consistent with mycobacterial infection of the gallbladder.
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© 2013 Adeeb Majid et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.