Tuberculosis of gallbladder neck: a cause of cholecystitis with cholelithiasis

S K Verma; Ashwini Kumar Mishra; Ashish Kumar Jaiswal

doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-008007

Tuberculosis of gallbladder neck: a cause of cholecystitis with cholelithiasis

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Feb 13:2013:bcr2012008007. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008007.

Authors

S K Verma¹, Ashwini Kumar Mishra, Ashish Kumar Jaiswal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. drskverma@rediffmail.com

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cholecystitis / diagnosis
Cholecystitis / etiology*
Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
Cholelithiasis / etiology*
Female
Gallbladder / microbiology
Gallbladder / pathology
Gallbladder Diseases / complications
Gallbladder Diseases / diagnosis*
Gallbladder Diseases / microbiology
Gallbladder Diseases / pathology
Humans
Middle Aged
Tuberculosis / complications
Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis / pathology