G129

GALLBLADDER - Empyema

Description
A markedly enlarged and thickened gallbladder, showing a roughened lining with what appears to be an exudate in the fundal area. There are no stones with the specimen but, in the lower part, there are indentations in the wall, consistent with the presence of stones.
History
This woman presented at the age of 74 with abdominal pain and nausea, and a mass in the right upper abdomen. Some two-and-a-half years later, she developed an obstructive jaundice and a stone was removed from the common duct. Some two months later small bowel adhesions were freed