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BMJ Case Reports 2013; doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-008007
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Tuberculosis of gallbladder neck: a cause of cholecystitis with cholelithiasis

  1. Ashish Kumar Jaiswal
  1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Professor S K Verma, drskverma{at}rediffmail.com

Summary

Tuberculosis of gallbladder neck is not a very common problem reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of gallbladder neck tuberculosis complicated with chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis in a 55-year-old woman. Diagnosis was made postoperatively on surgical biopsy.

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