Histopathological pattern of 400 cholecystectomy specimens

Objective: to determine the frequency of histopathological lesions in cholecystectomy specimens at tertiary care hospital of peshawar. methodology: this was a descriptive study carried out at histopathology section of the department of pathology lady reading hospital,peshawar over a period of five years ranging from january 2011 to december 2015. laboratory request forms and histopathology reports of all those patients who underwent cholecystectomy (open or laparoscopic) were analyzed for clinical findings,histopathology results and demographic data like age,gender etc. results: during the study period a total of 400 specimens of gall bladder were received in the laboratory which were subjected to histopathology. out of these specimens 110 were of males and remaining 290 were of females. chronic cholecystitis was the most dominant histopathologic finding seen in about 82.25% specimens followed by acute cholecystitis / abscess in 10% of specimens. adenocarcinoma was also found in 2% of the cholecystectomy specimens. conclusion: chronic cholecystitis was the commonest histopathologic finding in this study. © 2016,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.