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Gallbladder Polyps, Sludge and Adenomyomatosis

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A radiology report describing a finding of gallbladder polyps may result in some uncertainty in the mind of the attending clinician as to the next step in diagnosis and treatment. Gallbladder polyps can be an entirely incidental finding, or the patient may have symptoms which may or may not be attributable to the radiological diagnosis.

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    Tom Elliott M.B.Ch.B., F.R.A.C.S.

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    Guy D. Eslick

  3. Divisional Director of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Robert Padbury

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Elliott, T. (2018). Gallbladder Polyps, Sludge and Adenomyomatosis. In: Cox, M., Eslick, G., Padbury, R. (eds) The Management of Gallstone Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63884-3_9

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