CHOLESTEROLOSIS VS CHOLESTEROL POLYPS: LIPID PROFILE

Gülname FINDIK GÜVENDݹ , Hüseyin Avni EROĞLU² , Birgül TOK³

Cholesterol polyps (CP) are the most common polypoid lesions in clinical practice in gallbladder. Cholesterolosis is another benign biliary disease characterized by cholesterol and macrophage accumulation in the gallbladder mucosa and frequently seen in routine practice. In our study, we aimed to compare the lipid profiles of patients with these two lesions with cholesterol in the structure. Materials and Methods: Sixty-one patients who underwent cholecystectomy were included in the study. The cases with unevaluated preoperative lipid levels were excluded from the study. 53 (86.9%) of the cases were female and 8 (13.1%) were male. Histopathological findings of chronic cholecystitis are present in all cases. Chronic cholecystitis was also noted in 18 patients (29.5%) with CP and 43 (70.5%) with cholesterolosis. There was no statistical significance between the mean lipid values of cases with cholesterolosis and CP. Cholesterolosis and CP are diseases characterized by frequent lipid accumulation in routine practice. In our study which has limited cases, there was a difference between the mean lipid values, but this difference was not statistically significant. We think that a statistically significant increase in the lipid values will be detected in future studies involving a larger series of cases.

Keywords
Cholesterolosis, Cholesterol Polyp, Gallbladder, Cholesterol, Triglyceride,