Case Report
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 25, 2015; 7(9): 912-915
Published online Jul 25, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i9.912
Carcinoma in situ in a 7 mm gallbladder polyp: Time to change current practice?
David Kasle, Amir A Rahnemai-Azar, Shahida Bibi, Vinaya Gaduputi, Brian F Gilchrist, Daniel T Farkas
David Kasle, Amir A Rahnemai-Azar, Shahida Bibi, Brian F Gilchrist, Daniel T Farkas, Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10457, United States
Vinaya Gaduputi, Department of Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10457, United States
Author contributions: Kasle D and Bibi S collected the data and drafted the article; Gaduputi V drafted the article; Rahnemai-Azar AA contributed to the conception, design, the data acquisition and the critical revision; Gilchrist BF made the critical revision; Farkas DT contributed to the conception, design, drafting article, the critical revision, and made the final approval.
Institutional review board statement: This study was considered exempt by the Bronx-Lebanon Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication in this case report.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors have a conflict of interest or financial disclosure to declare.
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Correspondence to: Daniel T Farkas, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1650 Selwyn Ave, Suite 4E, New York, NY 10457, United States. dfarkas@bronxleb.org
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Received: March 25, 2015
Peer-review started: March 28, 2015
First decision: April 10, 2015
Revised: April 27, 2015
Accepted: May 26, 2015
Article in press: May 27, 2015
Published online: July 25, 2015
Core Tip

Core tip: Current guidelines for management of gallbladder polyps recommend cholecystectomy for polyps with size > 10 mm and/or presence of symptoms. Considering some cases of carcinoma in polyps with size less than 10 mm have been seen, consideration of a cholecystectomy for smaller size polyps is warranted.