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01-01-2004 | Case Report

A tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a child of 3 years

Authors: Canan Ersöz, Aysun Uğuz, Yaşar Ergören, Zafer Koç

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 12/2004

Abstract

Adenoma is the most frequent type of gallbladder (GB) neoplasm; however, GB neoplasms are unusual and unsuspected diagnoses in childhood. The average patient age is 50.5±16.3 years. We present a case of tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a 3-year-old girl. She was admitted to the hospital with a 6-month history of abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting. Ultrasonography (USG) revealed an echogenic soft tissue lesion in the lumen of the GB. She underwent cholecystectomy. A tubulopapillary adenoma and adenomatous hyperplasia of the GB were diagnosed histologically. According to the literature, this is the youngest patient found to have gallbladder adenoma.

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Title: A tubulopapillary adenoma of the gallbladder in a child of 3 years
Authors: Canan Ersöz
Aysun Uğuz
Yaşar Ergören
Zafer Koç
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 12/2004
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-003-1067-5

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