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KMID : 0880420070080020169
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Korean Journal of Radiology
2007 Volume.8 No. 2 p.169 ~ p.172
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Actinomycosis of the Gallbladder Mimicking Carcinoma: a Case Report with US and CT Findings
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Lee Young-Han
Kim Seong-Hyun
Cho Mee-Yon
Rhoe Byoung-Seon
Kim Myung-Soon
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Abstract
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We describe a case of actinomycosis of the gallbladder mimicking carcinoma. Sonography showed a hypoechoic mass replacing gallbladder lumen and engulfing a stone; contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhanced thickened gallbladder wall with subtle, disrupted luminal surface enhancement, which formed a mass. As a result of the clinical and radiologic presentation, our impression was of gallbladder carcinoma. Actinomycosis should be included in the differential diagnosis when sonography and computed tomography findings show a mass engulfing the stone in the gallbladder and extensive pericholecystic infiltration with extension to neighboring abdominal wall muscle.
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KEYWORD
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Gallbladder, actinomycosis, Gallbladder, sonography, Gallbladder, computed tomography, Gallbladder, carcinoma
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