Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic noncaseating granulomatous disease that rarely affects the gastrointestinal system. The initial diagnosis of sarcoidosis with gallbladder/gallbladder-associated lymph node involvement is a very rare condition in the literature. Herein, we aimed to report a case of newly diagnosed sarcoidosis with lymph node involvement associated with the gallbladder.
Sarcoidosis; Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder
A: Low-power view of a lymph node from the gallbladder neck, showing numerous characteristic confluent granulomas (H&E, x20). B and C: High-power view of a non-caseating granuloma composed of epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells with an asteroid body (arrow) (H&E, x40,x200). D: Histopathologic findings of chronic cholecystitis and cholesterolosis in the gallbladder (H&E, x100).
A: Low-power view of a lymph node from the gallbladder neck, showing numerous characteristic confluent granulomas (H&E, x20). B and C: High-power view of a non-caseating granuloma composed of epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells with an asteroid body (arrow) (H&E, x40,x200). D: Histopathologic findings of chronic cholecystitis and cholesterolosis in the gallbladder (H&E, x100).
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