What is gallbladder polyp

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In the unit for physical examination, found that I have gallbladder polyps, in fact, this is now more common disease, let's share what is gallbladder polyps?

What is gallbladder polyp

First, gallbladder polyp refers to the gallbladder wall to the cavity polyp like protrusion of a class of lesions, also known as "gallbladder protrusion lesions.". Clinically, gallbladder polyps include mucosal polypoid hyperplasia caused by gallbladder inflammation, polypoid changes caused by degeneration of gallbladder mucosal cells, adenomatous polyps of gallbladder and polypoid gallbladder carcinoma.

Second, gallbladder polyps can be divided into benign polyps and malignant polyps. Benign gallbladder polyps can be divided into benign neoplastic polyps and pseudoneoplastic polyps. Benign neoplastic polyps can come from epithelial tissue (adenoma) and supporting tissue (hemangioma, lipoma, etc.), while pseudoneoplastic polyps include cholesterol polyps, inflammatory polyps, gallbladder adenomyomatosis, tissue heterotopic polyps, etc.

Third, adenomatous polyp of gallbladder is a potential precancerous lesion, which is related to the occurrence of gallbladder cancer. In contrast, pseudoneoplastic polyps such as cholesterol polyps, inflammatory polyps and adenomyoma of the gallbladder will not be cancerous.

matters needing attention

The diet of patients with gallbladder polyps can not eat food with high cholesterol. If the cholesterol intake is too much, it will aggravate the metabolism and cleaning burden of liver and gallbladder, and cause the excess cholesterol to crystallize, accumulate and precipitate in the gallbladder wall, thus forming polyps. Therefore, patients with gallbladder polyps should reduce their cholesterol intake, especially at night, should avoid eating high cholesterol food, such as chicken Eggs (especially yolks), fat meat, seafood, scaleless fish, animal viscera and other food, at the same time pay attention to regular review, if necessary, need surgical treatment.