We describe a rare case of eosinophilic cystitis associated with eosinophilic cholecystitis in a 30-year-old patient who underwent bladder biopsy for irritative voiding symptoms and routine elective cholecystectomy for gallstones. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological examination. The rarity of this condition prompted us to report this entity in which no specific cause could be found.

Eosinophilic cholecystitis (EC) is a rare entity that presents in a manner comparable to acute cholecystitis. The diagnosis is based on classical symptoms of cholecystitis with the presence of >90% eosinophilic infiltration within the gallbladder. We report the case of a 29-yr-old man who presented with unremitting right upper quadrant pain, chills, and loss of appetite. After confirmation of t...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of peripheral eosinophilia as a predictable factor associated with Eosinophilic cholecystitis (EC) compared with other forms of cholecystitis in patients who underwent a cholecystectomy. METHODS Between January 2001 and May 2011, the histopathologic features of 3,539 cholecystectomy specimens were reviewed retrospectively. EC...

Background: The most common lesion of the gallbladder is chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis but occasionally some rare lesions can also occur. Aims And Objectives: To assess the frequency of gallbladder lesions and to study their nature, age and sex prevalence Materials And Methods: The biopsy material received from June 2012 to May 2013 received in the department of pathology at our col...

Eosinophilic cholecystitis is a rare entity that is diagnosed by histopathology based on the special characteristics of the inflammatory infiltrate of the gallbladder wall. Clinically, it does not present any specific symptoms or signs compared with other types of acute cholecystitis. As for the possible causes, there is no consensus, although multiple etiopathogenic hypotheses have been propos...

syndrome or the ingestion of medicinal herbs. Without any of these precipitating causes, idiopathic EC should be considered, as in the case that we report. The clinical presentation is equal to acute cholecystitis and the diagnosis is based on the presence of an eosinophilic infiltrate >90% in the histologic study of the gallbladder. In most patients, the clinical evolution is benign and the sy...