DISEASES OF THE GALLBLADDER

1. Overview of Diseases of the Gallbladder
2. Laboratory Examinations of Diseases of the Gallbladder
3. Pathology: Non-neoplastic and Neoplastic Diseases of the Gallbladder
4. Imaging Diagnosis of Diseases of the Gallbladder: US, CT, and MRI
5. EUS of Diseases of the Gallbladder
6. Tissue Acquisition of Diseases of the Gallbladder: Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy
7. Tissue Acquisition for Diagnosis of the Gallbladder Diseases: EUS-Guided Biopsy
8. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Gallbladder Stone
9. Acalculous Cholecystitis: Diagnosis and Treatment
10. IgG4-Related Cholecystitis
11. Gallbladder Lesions in Patients with Pancreaticobiliary Maljunction
12. Dyskinesia of the Gallbladder
13. Incidental Gallbladder Carcinoma
14. Epidemiology
15. Risk Factors
16. Gene Mutations and Its Clinical Significance
17. Staging by Radiological Imaging
18. Roles of PET/CT in Evaluating Gallbladder and Hepatobiliary Tumors
19. Diagnostic Strategies for Early Diagnosis
20. Recent Advances of Surgical Treatment for Gallbladder Carcinoma
21. Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy
22. Role of Radiation Therapy
23. Patterns of Recurrence and Its Effective Treatment
24. Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Lesions with Imaging
25. Role of EUS
26. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Algorithm: Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder
27. Imaging Features of Gallbladder Lesions Manifesting Wall Thickening
28. Prophylactic Cholecystectomy in Patients with Concomitant Gallstones After Removal of CBD Stones by ERCP
29. Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage (PTGBD)
30. Endoscopic Drainage of the Gallbladder: Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Drainage and Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Gallbladder Drainage
31. Future Perspective

This book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of gallbladder disease. After an introductory section on laboratory findings, pathology, and diagnostic methods, it focuses on specific conditions and their management, covering gallbladder stones, acalculous cholecystitis, gallbladder lesions associated with IgG4-related disease and with anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union, and dyskinesia of the gallbladder. Moreover, it discusses incidental gallbladder carcinoma in detail, including epidemiology, risk factors, gene mutations, diagnostic imaging methods and treatment modalities. The book also features a section exploring important current issues, such as the diagnosis and therapy of polypoid lesions and gallbladder wall thickening, and the role of prophylactic cholecystectomy in patients with concomitant gallstones following removal of common bile duct stones by ERCP. It also compares endoscopic gallbladder drainage with percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage. Lastly, the book offers stimulating future perspectives.

Features
• Provides information on the full range of gallbladder diseases
• Offers up-to-date guidance on diagnosis and treatment
• Discusses important current issues in detail

Authors
• Jae Bock Chung M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. A specialist in pancreatobiliary diseases, ERCP and EUS, he was President of the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association from 2007 to 2008, and President of The Korean Society of Gastroenterology from 2007 to 2009. He is also Coeditor of the book “Autoimmune Pancreatitis”, published by Springer in 2015.
• Kazuichi Okazaki M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, and Director of Kansai Medical University Kouri Hospital, Osaka, Japan. He has been President of the Japan Pancreas Society since 2016, and was Councilor (2014-2018) and is currently Co-opt Councilor of the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE). He was Councilor of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) (2008-2016), has been Secretary General and Councilor of Asian Oceanic Pancreatic Association (AOPA) since 2016, and was Congress President of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (2016), and of the Japan Pancreas Society (2017). He was Editor of the book “IgG4-related disease” (2017) in the Springer series “Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology” (Responsible Series Editor: Dr. Tasuku Honjo).