Histopathological Analysis of Cholecystectomy Biopsies

The present study includes 304 laparoscopic cholecystectomy biopsies which were processed for pathological examination at the pathology laboratory of Basrah general hospital during 2010. Chronic cholecystitis was the most common pathological diagnosis comprising 80.7 % in males and 93.1 % in females, while gallstones were found in 74 % of the examined bladders, most of which were chronic cholecystitis.Chronic cholecystites were characterized by significantly thin walls. The mean age was around 40 years for both sexes. Carcinoma of the bladder was the least pathological diagnosis (0.3%).