Difference between revisions of "Gallbladder carcinoma"
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Revision as of 02:32, 17 December 2013
Gallbladder carcinoma is a malignant epithelial neoplasm arising from the gallbladder. Most gallbladder carcinomas are adenocarcinomas.
General
- Uncommon.
Treatment:
- Cholecystectomy +/- lymph nodes +/- partial hepatectomy.[1]
Epidemiology
- Associated with gallstones.
- Increased risk in primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Sex: female > male.
- Location: usually fundus, sometimes body.
Notes:
- Diffuse calcification of gallbladder wall, AKA "porcelain gallbladder" is not associated with carcinoma - based on a series of 10,741 cholecystectomies.[2]
- Focal mucosal calcification is associated with malignancy.[3]
- Cholangiocarcinoma is dealt with in the liver neoplasms article.
Gross
- Classic: mass projecting into the lumen.
- Marked gallbladder wall thickening.
- >10 mm should be considered with suspicion.[4]
Image:
Microscopic
Features:
- Usually adenocarcinoma.
- Mimics appearance of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma -- but less cellular mucin.[5]
Notes:
- May be very subtle, i.e. difficult to differentiate from normal glands.
- "Deep glands" that look bland shouldn't immediately be dismissed as benign.
DDx:
Images
GB carcinoma - low mag. (WC)
GB carcinoma - high mag. (WC)
GB carcinoma - LVI. (WC)
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See also
References
- ↑ Biswas, PK. (Jul 2010). "Carcinoma gallbladder.". Mymensingh Med J 19 (3): 477-81. PMID 20639849.
- ↑ Towfigh S, McFadden DW, Cortina GR, et al (January 2001). "Porcelain gallbladder is not associated with gallbladder carcinoma". Am Surg 67 (1): 7?0. PMID 11206901.
- ↑ Stephen, AE.; Berger, DL. (Jun 2001). "Carcinoma in the porcelain gallbladder: a relationship revisited.". Surgery 129 (6): 699-703. doi:10.1067/msy.2001.113888. PMID 11391368.
- ↑ Kim, HJ.; Park, JH.; Park, DI.; Cho, YK.; Sohn, CI.; Jeon, WK.; Kim, BI.; Choi, SH. (Feb 2012). "Clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of gallbladder wall thickening.". Dig Dis Sci 57 (2): 508-15. doi:10.1007/s10620-011-1870-0. PMID 21879282.
- ↑ Tadrous, Paul.J. Diagnostic Criteria Handbook in Histopathology: A Surgical Pathology Vade Mecum (1st ed.). Wiley. pp. 174. ISBN 978-0470519035.