Browsing by Author "Saka, Burcu"

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    Adenomyomas of the Gallbladder An Analysis of Frequency, Clinicopathologic Associations, and Relationship to Carcinoma of a Malformative Lesion
    (2024) Dursun, Nevra; Memis, Bahar; Pehlivanoglu, Burcin; Taskin, Orhun Cig; Okcu, Oguzhan; Akkas, Gizem; Bagci, Pelin; Balci, Serdar; Saka, Burcu; Araya, Juan Carlos; Bellolio, Enrique; Roa, Juan Carlos; Jang, Kee-Taek; Losada, Hector; Maithel, Shishir K.; Sarmiento, Juan; Reid, Michelle D.; Jang, Jin-Young; Cheng, Jeanette D.; Basturk, Olca; Koshiol, Jill; Adsay, N. Volkan
    Context.-The nature and associations of gallbladder (GB) "adenomyoma"(AM) remain controversial. Some studies have attributed up to 26% of GB carcinoma to AMs. Objective.-To examine the true frequency, clinicopathologic characteristics, and neoplastic changes in GB AM. Design.-Cholecystectomy cohorts analyzed were 1953 consecutive cases, prospectively with specific attention to AM; 2347 consecutive archival cases; 203 totally embedded GBs; 207 GBs with carcinoma; and archival search of institutions for all cases diagnosed as AM. Results.-Frequency of AM was 9.3% (19 of 203) in totally submitted cases but 3.3% (77 of 2347) in routinely sampled archival tissue. A total of 283 AMs were identified, with a female to male ratio =1.9 (177:94) and mean size = 1.3 cm (range, 0.3-5.9). Most (96%, 203 of 210) were fundic, with formed nodular trabeculated submucosal thickening, and were difficult to appreciate from the mucosal surface. Four of 257 were multifocal (1.6%), and 3 of 257 (1.2%) were extensive ("adenomyomatosis"). Dilated glands (up to 14 mm), often radially converging to a point in the mucosa, were typical. Muscle was often minimal, confined to the upper segment. Nine of 225 (4%) revealed features of a duplication. No specific associations with inflammation, cholesterolosis, intestinal metaplasia, or thickening of the uninvolved GB wall were identified. Neoplastic change arising in AM was seen in 9.9% (28 of 283). Sixteen of 283 (5.6%) had mural intracholecystic neoplasm; 7 of 283 (2.5%) had flat -type high-grade dysplasia/carcinoma in situ. Thirteen of 283 cases had both AM and invasive carcinoma (4.6%), but in only 5 of 283 (1.8%), carcinoma arose from AM (invasion was confined to AM, and dysplasia was predominantly in AM). Conclusions.-AMs have all the features of a malformative developmental lesion, and may not show a significant muscle component (ie, the name "adeno-myoma"is partly a misnomer). While most are innocuous, some pathologies may arise in AMs, including intracholecystic neoplasms, flattype high-grade dysplasia or carcinoma in situ, and invasive carcinoma (1.8%, 5 of 283). It is recommended that gross examination of GBs include serial slicing of the fundus for AM detection and total submission if one is found.
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    Early gallbladder carcinoma has a favorable outcome but Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus involvement is an adverse prognostic factor
    (2013) Roa Strauch, Juan Carlos Enrique; Tapia,Oscar; Manterola, Carlos; Villaseca, Miguel; Guzmán, Pablo; Araya, Juan Carlos; Bagci, Pelin; Saka, Burcu; Adsay, Volkan
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    Eosinophilic Cholecystitis and Eosinophils in Gallbladder Injuries: A Clinicopathological Analysis of 1050 Cholecystectomies
    (2023) Memis, Bahar; Saka, Burcu; Roa, Juan Carlos; Bandyopadhyay, Sudeshna; Reid, Michelle; Bagci, Pelin; Aktas, Berk Kaan; Armutlu, Ayse; Basturk, Olca; Adsay, N. Volkan
    "Eosinophilic cholecystitis" has been an elusive concept. Around 1050 consecutive cholecystectomies with chronic (CC, n = 895), subacute (SAC, n = 100), and acute cholecystitis (AC, n = 55) were reviewed for eosinophilic infiltration. Eosinophilic hot spots (>40 eosinophils/HPF) were seen in 63% of SAC and 35% of AC (vs. 6% of CC, p < 0.001). Eosinophils were mostly encountered in areas of wall thickening, revealing edema with early collagenization and young tissue-culture-type fibroblasts. However, in ten chronic cholecystitis patients (<1%), prominent eosinophilia with eosinophil-rich foci (>100 eosinophils/HPF) was noted. These ten cases, classified as "eosinophilic cholecystitis", were analyzed further: The patients were relatively young (mean age = 43 years), with a 9:1 female:male ratio. None had blood eosinophilia/eosinophilia syndromes. Although one had ulcerative colitis, others did not have any autoimmune diseases. The mean gallbladder wall thickness was 3.5 mm (vs. 4.2 mm in ordinary CC). In conclusion, eosinophils are a part of especially subacute injuries in the gallbladder. They are typically condensed in the areas of healing and appear to signify a distinctive state of injury in which there are erosions leading to slow/sustained exposure of the mural tissues to the bile contents that induce chemical injury/recruit eosinophils. Eosinophilic cholecystitis is a very uncommon occurrence and appears to be an exaggerated response in allergic patients who are prone to recruit eosinophils in reaction to injury.
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    Follicular Cholecystitis: Reappraisal of Incidence, Definition, and Clinicopathologic Associations in an Analysis of 2550 Cholecystectomies
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2020) Saka, Burcu; Memis, Bahar; Seven, Ipek Erbarut; Pehlivanoglu, Burcin; Balci, Serdar; Bagci, Pelin; Reid, Michelle; Dursun, Nevra; Tapia Escalano, Oscar; Carlos Roa, Juan; Carlos Araya, Juan; Kong, So Yeon; Basturk, Olca; Koshiol, Jill; Adsay, N. Volkan
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    Poorly cohesive cell (diffuse-infiltrative/signet ring cell) carcinomas of the gallbladder: clinicopathological analysis of 24 cases identified in 628 gallbladder carcinomas
    (2017) Tuncel, Deniz; Roa Strauch, Juan Carlos Enrique; Araya, Juan Carlos; Bellolio, Enrique; Villaseca, Miguel; Tapia, Oscar; Jang, Kee-Taek; Quigley, Brian; Saka, Burcu; Basturk, Olca