J Griniatsos

Using both standard histology and polymerase chain reaction, H pylori was detectable in a low frequency in the mucosa of the gallbladder and no statistical differences were found between patients with cholesterol gallstones and patients without cholelithiasis. Thus, H pylori does not seem to act as a lithogenic component for cholesterol gallstone formation.

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Objective: Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) represents a potential initiator of cholesterol crystallization and it has been proposed that it is related to gallstone formation. In this study, any possible association between the H pylori identification in the mucosa of gallbladder and cholesterol gallstone formation was evaluated.

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Retroperitoneal Pararenal Castleman’s Disease

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Vol 58, Issue 1 (2009)

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61–4

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Castleman’s Disease is a rare atypical lymphoproliferative disorder that should be included in the differential diagnosis of any solitary, heterogeneous and hypervascular retroperitoneal mass. En bloc resection of the mass offers nearly 100% 5-year survival rate to any patient with the localized type of the disease.

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