Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm: potential differential diagnosis before a gallbladder polyp

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2023 Sep;115(9):525-526. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.9344/2022.

Abstract

Intracholecystic papillary neoplasia (IPN) is a rare entity rarely described in the literature, of incidental anatomopathological diagnosis in a cholecystectomy specimen that presents a premalignant behavior, with progression to carcinoma in more than 50% of cases. In the absence of an invasive component, clinical follow-up is recommended, without associating another surgical gesture, with a 5-year prognosis (90% survival). We present a case of a patient with an incidental diagnosis of NPIC after laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to presenting a gallbladder polyp.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gallbladder Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder Diseases* / surgery
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Polyps* / diagnostic imaging
  • Polyps* / surgery