Vijaya Gattu¹, Suhela R² , K.P.A.Chandrasekhar³

¹Assistant Professor,³Profesor & Head, Department of Pathology, SVS Medical College, Mehabubnagar,Telangana,²Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,ChalmedaAnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences,Karimnagar,Telanagana.

Address for correspondence: Dr Vijaya Gattu, Assistant Professor,Department of Pathology, SVS Medical College, Mehabubnagar,Telangana,India.

Email: vijjupatho@gmail.com

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