Gallbladder cancer
Last revised by Henry Knipe on 29 Sep 2021
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Citation:
Bell D, Knipe H, Weerakkody Y, Gallbladder cancer. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68887
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68887
Article created:
18 Jun 2019,
Daniel J Bell ◉
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Synonyms:
- Gallbladder cancer
- Cancer of the gallbladder
- Gallbladder cancers
- Gallbladder malignancies
Gallbladder cancer is relatively uncommon compared to other hepatobiliary malignancies.
Pathology
Primary
- gallbladder carcinoma
- gallbladder sarcoma: very rare 2
-
gallbladder lymphoma: extremely rare 3
- non-Hodgkin disease of the gallbladder
Secondary
- metastases to the gallbladder: malignant melanoma is the most common primary
References
- 1. Dwivedi A, Jain S, Dixit R. Gall Bladder Carcinoma: Aggressive Malignancy with Protean Loco-Regional and Distant Spread. World J Clin Cases. 2015;3(3):231-44. doi:10.12998/wjcc.v3.i3.231 - Pubmed
- 2. Al-Daraji WI, Makhlouf HR, Miettinen M, Montgomery EA, Goodman ZD, Marwaha JS, Fanburg-Smith JC. Primary gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases, heterogeneous sarcomas with poor outcome, except pediatric botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma. (2009) The American journal of surgical pathology. 33 (6): 826-34. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181937bb3 - Pubmed
- 3. Mani H, Climent F, Colomo L, Pittaluga S, Raffeld M, Jaffe E. Gall Bladder and Extrahepatic Bile Duct Lymphomas: Clinicopathological Observations and Biological Implications. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010;34(9):1277-86. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e9bb8b - Pubmed
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Cases:
- Gallbladder adenocarcinoma with diffuse metastasis
- Gallbladder carcinoma on top of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
- Gallbladder hydrops
- Phrygian cap
- Locally advanced gallbladder adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma gallbladder with multiple liver metastases
- Gallbladder adenocarcinoma
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gallbladder adenocarcinoma
- Mucinous adenocarcinoma in gallbladder with fundic duplication
- Gallbladder carcinoma
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