@article{Shah_Khan_Shah_2016, title={HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERN OF 400 CHOLECYSTECTOMY SPECIMENS}, volume={30}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1929}, abstractNote={Objective: To determine the frequency of histopathological lesions in cholecystectomy<br />specimens at tertiary care hospital of Peshawar.<br />Methodology: This was a descriptive study carried out at histopathology section<br />of the Department of Pathology Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar over<br />a period of five years ranging from January 2011 to December 2015. Laboratory<br />request forms and histopathology reports of all those patients who<br />underwent cholecystectomy (open or laparoscopic) were analyzed for clinical<br />findings, histopathology results and demographic data like age, gender etc.<br />Results: During the study period a total of 400 specimens of gall bladder<br />were received in the laboratory which were subjected to histopathology. Out<br />of these specimens 110 were of males and remaining 290 were of females.<br />Chronic cholecystitis was the most dominant histopathologic finding seen in<br />about 82.25% specimens followed by acute cholecystitis / abscess in 10% of<br />specimens. Adenocarcinoma was also found in 2% of the cholecystectomy<br />specimens.<br />Conclusion: Chronic cholecystitis was the commonest histopathologic finding<br />in this study.}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Shah, Hamidullah and Khan, Mir Attaullah and Shah, Walayat}, year={2016}, month={Jul.} }