Neurofibroma of the gallbladder seen as a papillary polyp

Acta Pathol Jpn. 1988 Feb;38(2):259-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1988.tb01104.x.

Abstract

A case of neurofibroma of the gallbladder in a 44-year-old woman without von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis but with right hypochondralgia is reported. The tumor was seen preoperatively as a polypoid lesion and in the resected gallbladder as a papillary polypoid growth over the main intramural tumor mass. Microscopically, the tumor was identified as a neurofibroma with many tactile corpuscle-like structures (Wagner-Meissner bodies), which were found by electron microscopic and immunohistochemical examination to consist of Schwann cells. Twelve cases of non-epithelial neoplasms arising in the gallbladder are also reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Neurofibroma / diagnosis
  • Neurofibroma / pathology*
  • Polyps / diagnosis
  • Polyps / pathology*