Volume: 6 Issue: 2
Year: 2018, Page: 64-65,
Introduction: Xanthogranulomatouscholecystitis (XGC) is a rare variant of cholecystitis and reported incidence of XGC varies from different geographic region from 0.7% -9%. Most of the clinicians are not aware of the pathology and less evidence is available regarding the optimal treatment of this less common form of cholecystitis in the present era of laparoscopic surgery.
Keywords: Xanthogranulomatouscholecystitis,cholecystectomy,nodule,laparoscopy
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Vijaya G, Suhela R , Chandrasekhar K P A. Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis. Perspectives in Medical Research 2018;6(2):64-65.