The Korean Journal of Medicine

The Korean Association of Internal Medicine (대한내과학회)
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A case of idiopathic eosinophilic cholecystitis

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  • Cheon, Sang-Yeol (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sun, Je-Hyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, In-Kee (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Young-Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sohn, Jang-Sihn (Department of Pathology, Konyang University College of Medicine)
  • 천상열 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김용석 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 선제형 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최인기 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김성민 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최용우 (건양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 손장신 (건양대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
  • Received : 2009.09.08
  • Accepted : 2009.09.18
  • Published : 2010.08.01
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Abstract

Eosinophilic cholecystitis is a rare form of cholecystitis that is clinically indistinguishable from the predominant form of calculous cholecystitis. Histologically, it is characterized by a dense, transmural leukocyte infiltrate composed of more than 90% eosinophils. A 60-year-old woman complained of right upper quadrant pain. She had no allergic or medicine history. An abdominal CT scan revealed thickened gallbladder wall but no cholelithiasis, and a cholecystectomy was performed. Histologic examination showed transmural eosinophilic infiltration of the gallbladder wall.

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