A case of gallbladder mass: Malakoplakia (The tumor mimicker)

Abstract

Diagnosis of malakoplakia presenting as gall bladder mass is a diagnostic dilemma faced by pathologists, radiologists, and surgeons. Malakoplakia is a rare inflammatory disorder and tumor mimicker usually occurring in the urinary tract, may occasionally be found in gall bladder. Here, we present a rare case, presenting as gall bladder mass in a known case of gallstone disease, clinically suspected as carcinoma and later turned out to be malakoplakia in gall bladder.

Keywords

• Carcinoma gall bladder
• gall bladder mass
• Malakoplakia
• Michaelis–Gutmann bodies
• Perls' stain
• xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis