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. 2023 Dec;55(S 01):E382-E383.
doi: 10.1055/a-1996-0604. Epub 2023 Jan 31.

Introducer-assisted endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder biopsy for indeterminate gallbladder fundal wall thickness

Tesshin Ban  1 , Kazuki Hayashi  2 , Yoshimasa Kubota  1 , Makoto Urano  3 , Takuya Takahama  1 , Yoichi Matsuo  4 , Takashi Joh  1
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Introducer-assisted endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder biopsy for indeterminate gallbladder fundal wall thickness

Tesshin Ban et al. Endoscopy. 2023 Dec.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography performed at admission revealed contrast-enhanced gallbladder fundal wall thickness with an obscure demarcation line of the liver parenchyma and gallbladder fossa (red arrows).
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Contrast-enhanced abdominal ultrasonography. a Contrast-enhanced gallbladder fundal wall thickness with liver parenchyma in the early phase (yellow arrows). The image on the left is the reference image. b Direct liver invasion was suggested by the contrast-attenuated liver parenchyma on the gallbladder fossa in the delayed phase (red arrows). The image on the left is the reference image.
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Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder biopsy using biopsy forceps under fluoroscopic guidance. Biopsy forceps were passed through the outer sheath of the endoscopic introducer to the gallbladder fundus.
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Microscopic findings of a specimen obtained from the gallbladder fundus. Severe atypical columnar cells with loss of polarity, nuclear enlargement, and stratification indicated a tubulo-papillary growth pattern. Histologically, the diagnosis was adenocarcinoma. Hematoxylin and eosin staining.
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