OBJECTIVE: To determine the variation in number, size, and symptoms in @entity1 with @entity75 of the gallbladder. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: A polypoid lesion is any elevated @entity1085 mucosa. Several studies have been reported in @entity1 undergoing cholecystectomy, but little information exits regarding the natural history of these lesions in nonoperated @entity1 . METHODS: A total of 111 @entity1 with ultrasound diagnosis of @entity75 smaller than 10 mm were followed up by clinical evaluation and ultrasonography. Twenty-seven @entity1 underwent cholecystectomy. RESULTS: There was no difference in terms of gender. Nearly 80% of the lesions were smaller than 5 mm; they were single in 74%. In nonoperated @entity1 , 50% remained of similar size at the late follow-up, 26.5% increased in number and size, and 23.5% shrank or disappeared. Among the operated @entity1 , 70% corresponded to @entity165 @entity1127 . None of the @entity1 developed symptoms of @entity253 or @entity5990 or @entity420 . CONCLUSIONS: Ultrasound is useful in the follow-up of @entity1 with @entity75 of the gallbladder. Lesions smaller than 10 mm do not progress to @entity5 or to development of stones, and none produced symptoms or complications of @entity253 .

Late follow-up of XXXX of the gallbladder smaller than 10 mm.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1085 :: ('MESH:D005705', 'Disease') :: ['lesion of the gallbladder'] @entity1127 :: ('MESH:D011127', 'Disease') :: ['polyps'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['polypoid lesions'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['malignancy'] @entity5990 :: ('MESH:D042882', 'Disease') :: ['gallstones'] @entity253 :: ('MESH:D001660', 'Disease') :: ['biliary disease'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['adenocarcinoma'] @entity165 :: ('MESH:D002784', 'Chemical') :: ['cholesterol']
@entity75 :: (MESH:D001927,Disease) :: ['polypoid lesions']
