Background: The most common malignancy of the biliary tract is carcinoma gallbladder and most of these cases are diagnosed incidentally in patients undergoing Cholecystectomy.

Objectives: Find the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma in patients undergoing routine cholecystectomy.

Methods: A prospective study was carried out in Sri Rama Chandra Bhanja medical College, Cuttack in the year 2018. The surgical notes hospital records and histopathology reports of 100 patients who underwent routine cholecystectomy were studied.

Results: Out of hundred cases studied, 2 cases for detected to have gallbladder carcinoma. Males and females at equal preponderance and mean age of occurrence was 46.5 years. Both were adenocarcinoma of gallbladder.

Conclusion: Rate of incidental gallbladder carcinoma is 2% in Eastern Indian population.

Keywords: Carcinoma gallbladder, cholecystectomy, incidental.

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Dr Pradip Sethi

Department of General Surgery, Sri Rama Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Cuttack, India