ADENOMYOMATOSIS

Course overview

ADENOMYOMATOSIS IS A BENIGN CONDITION THAT CAN PRESENT WITH RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT PAIN AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERPLASIA OF THE GALLBLADDER WALL MUCOSA AND MUSCULARIS PROPRIA, WITH PATHOGNOMONIC EPITHELIAL INVAGINATIONS FORMING CYSTIC POCKETS (ROKITANSKY-ASCHOFF SINUSES). ALTHOUGH THIS CONDITION IS BENIGN, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH FROM GALLBLADDER CANCER BASED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FINDINGS, IN WHICH CASE IT MAY BE TREATED WITH CHOLECYSTECTOMY. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ADENOMYOMATOSIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM'S ROLE IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.