Chronic cholecystitis resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]
Definitions
Chronic cholecystitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gallbladder with histological evidence of chronic inflammation like large range of related inflammatory epithelial changes including mononuclear infiltrate, fibrosis, thickening of muscular layer, dysplasia, hyperplasia and metaplasia.[1]
References
- ↑ Zhou, D.; Guan, WB.; Wang, JD.; Zhang, Y.; Gong, W.; Quan, ZW. (2013). "A comparative study of clinicopathological features between chronic cholecystitis patients with and without Helicobacter pylori infection in gallbladder mucosa". PLoS One. 8 (7): e70265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070265. PMID 23936177.