OBJECTIVE: To determine the variation in number, size, and symptoms in patients with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: A polypoid lesion is any elevated lesion of the gallbladder mucosa. Several studies have been reported in patients undergoing cholecystectomy, but little information exits regarding the natural history of these lesions in nonoperated patients. METHODS: A total of 111 patients with ultrasound diagnosis of polypoid lesions smaller than 10 mm were followed up by clinical evaluation and ultrasonography. Twenty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy. RESULTS: There was no difference in terms of gender. Nearly 80% of the lesions were smaller than 5 mm; they were single in 74%. In nonoperated patients, 50% remained of similar size at the late follow-up, 26.5% increased in number and size, and 23.5% shrank or disappeared. Among the operated patients, 70% corresponded to cholesterol polyps. None of the patients developed symptoms of biliary disease or gallstones or adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound is useful in the follow-up of patients with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder. Lesions smaller than 10 mm do not progress to malignancy or to development of stones, and none produced symptoms or complications of biliary disease.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the variation in number, size, and symptoms in patients with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: A polypoid lesion is any elevated lesion of the gallbladder mucosa. Several studies have been reported in patients undergoing cholecystectomy, but little information exits regarding the natural history of these lesions in nonoperated patients. METHODS: A total of 111 patients with ultrasound diagnosis of polypoid lesions smaller than 10 mm were followed up by clinical evaluation and ultrasonography. Twenty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy. RESULTS: There was no difference in terms of gender. Nearly 80% of the lesions were smaller than 5 mm; they were single in 74%. In nonoperated patients, 50% remained of similar size at the late follow-up, 26.5% increased in number and size, and 23.5% shrank or disappeared. Among the operated patients, 70% corresponded to cholesterolpolyps. None of the patients developed symptoms of biliary disease or gallstones or adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound is useful in the follow-up of patients with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder. Lesions smaller than 10 mm do not progress to malignancy or to development of stones, and none produced symptoms or complications of biliary disease.
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