Department of Pathology (Museum)

D148-2 - Chronic Cholecystitis


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Description Chronic Cholecystitis
Author Department of Pathology
Copyright Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

Specimen:
Opened gall bladder

Gross Pathology:
1. The wall is thick, greyish white and fibrous.
2.The cavity of the gall bladder contains a solitary cholesterol stone.                         
3. The stone is large (2X1 cm), yellowish white in color with a mammillated surface.

Diagnosis:
1. Chronic cholecystitis.  
2. Cholesterol gall stone.

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