[Xantogranulomatous cholecystitis. A clinicopathologic study of a case]

A case of xantomatogranulomatous cholecystitis found in a review of 615 surgical gallbladders is reported, an incidence of 0.16%. Symptoms were those of acute cholecystitis. There was xantogranulomatous infiltration of the neighboring tissues. Both macroscopic and imaging features were those of a carcinomatous lesion. The definitive diagnosis was made by peroperative frozen sections.