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gallbladder epithelial dysplasia
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Macroscopy
Granular mucosal patches or no gross findings
Microscopy
Involves flat mucosa, papillae, Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, metaplastic pyloric glands
Abrupt transition from normal mucosa
May resemble carcinoma but no desmoplasia
Often goblet cells
Low grade: crowding and hyperchromatic and elongated nuclei
High grade: low grade features plus stratification; includes carcinoma in situ
See also
anomalies of the gallbladder
