{"id":2124,"date":"2018-04-14T20:44:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/data-interpretation\/urine-culture-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"gallbladder-polyps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/misc\/gallbladder-polyps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrasound abdomen &#8211; gallbladder polyps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<p><strong>Gallbladder polyps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refer for consideration of surgery\n<ul>\n<li>Symptomatic<\/li>\n<li>Polyp size \u2265 10mm (risk of malignancy)<\/li>\n<li>Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis\/IBD (risk of malignancy even if small)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ultrasound surveillance\n<ul>\n<li>Asian\/South American ethnicity<\/li>\n<li>Age\u00a0\u2265 50 years<\/li>\n<li>Co-existing gallstones<\/li>\n<li>Polyp size \u2265 5mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>No role for surveillance\n<ul>\n<li>iI none of the above apply (although a single follow-up ultrasound at 2 years may be used for reassurance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NB:\n<ul>\n<li>Ultrasound surveillance &#8211; advised at 6 months then 2 yearly &#8211; discharge after 5 years if no significant growth (2mm increase in size)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordshireccg.nhs.uk\/professional-resources\/documents\/clinical-guidelines\/gastroenterology\/algorithm-for-polyps-found-on-gallbladder-ultrasound.pdf\">Oxfordshire CCG GP management algorithm for gallbladder polyps found on ultrasound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gallbladder polyps Refer for consideration of surgery Symptomatic Polyp size \u2265 10mm (risk of malignancy) Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis\/IBD (risk of malignancy even if small) Ultrasound surveillance Asian\/South American ethnicity Age\u00a0\u2265 50 years Co-existing gallstones Polyp size \u2265 5mm No role for surveillance iI none of the above apply (although a single follow-up ultrasound at 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/misc\/gallbladder-polyps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ultrasound abdomen &#8211; gallbladder polyps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2487,"menu_order":206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2127,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124\/revisions\/2127"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}