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Surgery Gallbladder Cancer 38c0a29a

Precancerous lesion of gall bladder is

A
Porcelain gall bladder
B
Mirrizi syndrome
C
Cholesterosis
D
Acalculous Cholecystitis
High-Yield Explanation
Ans is 'a' ie Porcelain gall bladder "The calcified porcelain' gallbladder is associated with more than a 20% incidence of gallbladder carcinoma. These gallbladders should be removed, even if the patients are asymptomatic" - Schwartz SurgeryMirizzi SyndromeBiliary obstruction may occur in cases of acute cholecystitis, as a result of external compression of the CBD by a large stone impacted in the Hartman pouch and the associated intense pericholecystic inflammatory process; this is termed Mirizzi Syndrome. (Washington Manual of Surgery, 4/e, p 310)

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