[Gallbladder polyps: Clinical and pathological features in Cholecystectomy patients in the Anglo American clinic in the period of 1999-2007]. / Pólipos vesiculares: características clínicas y anatomopatológicas en pacientes colecistectomizados en la Clínica anglo americana entre los años 1999-2007.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and anatomopathologic characteristics of gallbladder polyps found in patients who underwent cholecystectomy at Clinica Anglo Americana for the 1999-2007 period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive and retrospective study that started at Pathology Department where patients with anatomopathologic finding of gallbladder polyps who underwent cholecystectomy for the 1999-2007 period were selected. Clinical records were reviewed to take ultrasonographic, anatomopathologic and clinical characteristics, which were included and studied in a data base in Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: Gallbladder polyps were found in 172 (10%) of 1707 gallbladders that were analized. Cholesterolosic polyps were found in 95.4% of the cases, 4% were adenomas and 0.6% were hyperplasic polyps. Gallbladder polyps ≥ 10 mm were found in 32,25% of the cases. A 90% of these polyps were cholesterolosic and a 10% were adenomas. No malign polyps were found in this study. CONCLUSIONS: The vast majority of gallbladder polyps, including the ≥ 10 mm group, were cholesterolosic. The physician decision to remove the gallbladder must be individualized and discussed with each patient, considering gallbladder polyp characteristics such as size and growth rate of the lesion.

Pólipos vesiculares: características clínicas y anatomopatológicas en pacientes colecistectomizados en la Clínica Anglo Americana entre los años 1999-2007 / Gallbladder polyps: clinical and pathological features in cholecystectomy patients in the Anglo American Clinic in the period of 1999-2007

OBJETIVO: Describir las características clínicas y anatomopatológicas de los pólipos vesiculares hallados en colecistectomías realizadas en la clínica Anglo Americana entre los años 1999-2007. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Inició en el Departamento de Patología donde se seleccionaron fichas de pacientes con diagnóstico anatomopatológico de pólipos vesiculares que fueron colecistectomizados durante los años 1999-2007. Se procedió a revisar las historias clínicas de estos pacientes para tomar datos clínicos y ecográficos. Se utilizó Microsoft Excel para crear una base de datos y analizarlos. RESULTADOS: La prevalencia de pólipos vesiculares fue 10%(172) de un total de 1707 vesículas revisadas. De los 172 pólipos encontrados, 95.4% correspondieron a pólipos colesterolósicos, 4% a adenomatosos y 0.6% a hiperplásicos. El 32.25% de los pólipos vesiculares hallados tuvieron un tamaño ≥10mm. El 90% de los pólipos vesiculares ≥10mm fueron colesterolósicos y el 10%, adenomatosos. No se encontró ningún pólipo maligno. CONCLUSIONES: La gran mayoría de pólipos vesiculares hallados fueron colesterolósicos e incluso de los que tienen tamaño ≥10mm, el 90% son también colesterolósicos. La decisión de practicar una colecistectomía en estas circunstancias debe ser individualizada y discutida claramente con el paciente, teniendo en cuenta factores como tamaño y velocidad de crecimiento de la lesión.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and anatomopathologic characteristics of gallbladder polyps found in patients who underwent cholecystectomy at Clinica Anglo Americana for the 1999-2007 period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive and retrospective study that started at Pathology Department where patients with anatomopathologic finding of gallbladder polyps who underwent cholecystectomy for the 1999-2007 period were selected. Clinical records were reviewed to take ultrasonographic, anat-omopathologic and clinical characteristics, which were included and studied in a data base in Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: Gallbladder polyps were found in 172 (10%) of 1707 gallbladders that were analized. Cholesterolosic polyps were found in 95.4% of the cases, 4% were adenomas and 0.6% were hyperplasic polyps. Gallbladder polyps ≥10mm were found in 32,25% of the cases. A 90% of these polyps were cholesterolosic and a 10% were adenomas. No malign polyps were found in this study. CONCLUSIONS: The vast majority of gallbladder polyps, including the ≥10mm group, were cholesterolosic. The physician decision to remove the gallbladder must be individualized and discussed with each patient, considering gallbladder polyp characteristics such as size and growth rate of the lesion.