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From: Carcinoma involving the gallbladder: a retrospective review of 23 cases - pitfalls in diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma

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Benign mimicking malignant, and malignant mimicking benign in the gallbladder. A-B: RAS extending transmurally, without any associated dysplasia, C: Glands embedded in bundles of smooth muscle resembling RAS, D: Well-differentiated glandular structures embedded deeply in the gallbladder wall with subtle atypia, E: Foci of back to back arrangement of glands lined by layers of highly atypical columnar cell. Many mitoses presented, F: Diffuse wall thickening with intramural diverticula within the wall, mimicking well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder (H&E stain).

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