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Vol. 89. Issue 4.
Pages 213-217 (April 2011)
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Vol. 89. Issue 4.
Pages 213-217 (April 2011)
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Porcelain gallbladder: a clinical case and a review of the literature
Vesícula de porcelana. Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura
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Mariano Palermo
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, Marcela Núñez, Guillermo E. Duza, Mercedes Giménez Dixon, Miguel O. Bruno, Francisco J. Tarsitano
Servicio de Cirugía Digestiva y Percutánea, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, Haedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

Porcelain bladder is defined as calcification of the gallbladder wall. It is a rare condition and is seen in 0.06% to 0.8% of cholecystectomies. It origin is still unknown.

We report two cases of patients with a porcelain gallbladder. One case is a 60 year-old male patient who was seen due to having biliary symptoms. The diagnosis was made by ultrasound and computed tomography, and he was surgically intervened by performing a partial cholecystectomy. The histopathology reported a gallbladder wall with sclerohyalinosis and dystrophic calcification foci. The other case is a 98 year-old female patient, whose form of presentation was incidental given that she suffered from symptoms of an intestinal obstruction. A cholecystectomy was performed with a good post-surgical outcome.

A series published in between 1950 and 1960 show that the porcelain bladder can be frequently observed in patients with cancer of the gallbladder, although this relationship is currently being rejected. The reason why these cases are being presented is because of their low incidence and the controversy over what treatment to use, due to its association with gallbladder cancer.

Keywords:
Porcelain gallbladder
Diagnosis
Treatment
Gallbladder cancer
Resumen

Vesícula en porcelana se define como la calcificación de la pared de la vesícula biliar. Es una rara entidad que se observa en el 0,06 a 0,8% de las colecistectomías. Su etiología sigue siendo desconocida.

Reportamos dos casos de pacientes con vesícula en porcelana. Un caso es un paciente masculino de 60 años que consulta por sintomatología biliar, se realiza el diagnóstico mediante ecografía y tomografía computada y es intervenido quirúrgicamente realizándose colecistectomía parcial con anatomía patológica que informa: pared vesicular con esclerohialinosis y focos de calcificación distrófica. El otro caso es una paciente femenina de 98 años, cuya forma de presentación fue incidental dado que cursaba con cuadro de oclusión intestinal, se realizó colecistectomía con buena evolución postoperatoria.

Series publicadas entre los años 1950 y 1960 avalan que la vesícula en porcelana puede observarse con frecuencia en pacientes con cáncer de vesícula, aunque recientemente se ha desestimado este tipo de relación. El motivo por el cual se presentan estos casos es su baja frecuencia y su controversia en lo que al tratamiento se refiere por su relación con el cáncer de vesícula.

Palabras clave:
Vesícula en porcelana
Diagnóstico
Tratamiento
Cáncer de vesícula
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