Prevalence of Gallbladder Cancer in Cases Presented to Tertiary Care Hospital, Retrospective Five-Year Study on Cholecystectomy Specimen

Abstract

Background: The gallbladder is surgically removed in a cholecystectomy. The prevalence of gallbladder carcinoma is determined by examining cholecystectomy specimens. Gallbladder carcinoma is an extremely unusual condition that affects more women than men. The goal of this study is to find out how common gallbladder cancer is in medical centers over five years. Objective: To determine the frequency and prevalence of Gallbladder cancer (GBC) in tertiary care hospitals over five years Methods: We analyzed the record of 1835 patients who underwent cholecystectomy at our tertiary care center, Mayo Hospital Lahore. Results: Adenocarcinoma was found in only 7 cases (0.4%) out of 1835 cholecystectomy specimens. Gallbladder cancer is more common in females (6, 85.71%) than in males (1 case, 14.78%). Chronic cholecystitis accounted for the majority of the cases (1703, or 92.8%), followed by acute cholecystitis (66, or 3.6%), Xanthogranulomatous, cholecystitis (30, or 1.6%), gangrenous cholecystitis (6, or 0.34%), follicular cholecystitis (3, or 0.016%) and one case (0.05%) each of cholesterolosis, foci of chronic inflammation, hemorrhagic infarction and empyema gallbladder. 13 cases (0.79%) was partially or fully autolyzed. Conclusion: Chronic cholecystitis is the most common disease in cholecystectomy specimens followed by acute cholecystitis, Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis, gangrenous cholecystitis, follicular cholecystitis, and empyema gallbladder. Gallbladder carcinoma is very rare and more common in females than males.