Gallbladder cancer: a morphological and molecular update

RD Goldin, JC Roa - Histopathology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) shows a marked geographical variation in its incidence, with the
highest figures being seen in India and Chile and relatively low levels in many Western …

Utility of subtyping intestinal metaplasia as marker of gastric cancer risk. A review of the evidence

CA González, JM Sanz‐Anquela… - … Journal of Cancer, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The identification and surveillance of patients with preneoplastic lesions at high risk of
progressing to gastric cancer (GC) represents the most effective way of reducing the burden …

Routine surgical pathology in general surgery

LE Matthyssens, M Ziol, C Barrat… - Journal of British …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background Although pathological analysis provides the definitive diagnosis for most
resection specimens, recent evidence suggests that such analysis may be omitted for certain …

Selective histopathology in cholecystectomy for gallstone disease

R Mittal, MR Jesudason, S Nayak - Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010 - Springer
Background Incidental gallbladder cancer is found in upto 1% of cholecystectomy
specimens for gallstone disease. Currently, in our institution, all gallbladder specimens are …

Is there any justification for the routine histological examination of straightforward cholecystectomy specimens?

B Darmas, S Mahmud, A Abbas… - The Annals of The …, 2007 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
INTRODUCTION Gall bladder carcinoma is a rare malignancy that carries a very poor
prognosis. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is established as the gold-standard …

All cholecystectomy specimens must be sent for histopathology to detect inapparent gallbladder cancer

AK Agarwal, R Kalayarasan, S Singh, A Javed… - HPB, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Traditionally, a gallbladder removed for presumed benign disease has been
sent for histopathological examination (HPE), but this practice has been the subject of …

Histological assessment of cholecystectomy specimens performed for symptomatic cholelithiasis: routine or selective?

J Jayasundara, WMM de Silva - The Annals of The Royal …, 2013 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Traditionally, all cholecystectomy specimens resected for symptomatic cholelithiasis were
sent for histological evaluation. The objectives of such evaluation are to confirm the …

Microscopic colitis: a missed diagnosis?

OH Nielsen, B Vainer, OBS de Muckadell - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
Context Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis, collectively designated microscopic
colitis, have until recently been considered as rare gastrointestinal disorders. New data …

The BSCC Code of Practice–exfoliative cytopathology (excluding gynaecological cytopathology)

A Chandra, P Cross, K Denton, T Giles… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Exfoliative cytopathology (often referred to as non‐gynaecological cytology) is an important
part of the workload of all diagnostic pathology departments. It clearly has a role in the …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystic disease in children: defining surgical timing

G Pelizzo, R Bussani, A De Silvestri, M Di Mitri… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the standard of care for gallbladder (GB)
pathologies. We evaluated clinical, ultrasonographic (US) data as well as histopathological …