PMC3475298_01
Image of polypoid mass attached to the gallbladder wall not showing acoustic shadow.
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Abdominal ultrasonography revealed increased thickness of the gallbladder wall (8 mm) and a lesion with surrounding fluid sized approximately 12 mm without acoustic shadow, which arose from the gallbladder wall and was consistent with a polyp (Figure 1).
Malign epithelial tumor consisting of atypical cells with large eosinophilic cytoplasm, vesicular nucleus, and prominent nucleolus, which showed infiltration nesting beneath the epithelium of the gallbladder. A dense melanin pigment within the cytoplasm of the tumor cells was also noted.
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A dense melanin pigment accumulation within the cytoplasm of the tumor cells was noted (Figure 2).