PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR GALL BLADDER POLYPS

ABSTRACTObjective: Polyps of gallbladder are tumour-like lesions of this organ. Little has been known aboutfactors associated with the occurrence of gallbladder polyps. We aimed to examine prevalence andfactors associated with gallbladder polyps in our region.Design: Prospective clinical study.Setting: Kocaeli University Teaching Hospital.Subjects: Four hundred and thirty two patients were enrolled to the study.Interventions: Subjects were screened for the presence of any pathological condition for gallbladderby upper abdominal ultrasonography completed a questionnaire, and underwent a physicalexamination and blood chemistry tests.Results: Family history of gastrointestinal disease, gallbladder disease and any neoplastic diseaseand abnormality in HDL-cholesterol levels had most consistent association at univariate analysis.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that family history of any gastrointestinal diseaseand abnormalities of HDL-cholesterol levels were significant.Conclusions: Our findings suggest the formation of gallbladder polyps is associated with fatmetabolism. Other unknown factors may also influence the formation of this lesion. Relationshipbetween gallbladder polyps and family history of some diseases suggests us to perform somegenetic studies

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Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: two cases and review of literature.

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is an unusual disorder. It mainly affects men over 50 years old and clinical manifestations are observed when obstructive or infectious complications occur. A 50-year old woman was investigated because of productive cough and 42 years old man was investigated because of haemoptysis. In two cases, at bronchoscopy, the typical picture of TO was observed. Microscopic examination of the biopsy material revealed bone formation. TO should be considered in the differential diagnosis as an unusual cause of chronic persistent cough, haemoptysis, persistent atelectasis, and recurrent segmental or lobar infection