Difference between revisions of "Gallbladder"

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===General===
===General===
*Uncommon.
*Uncommon.
Treatment:
*Cholecystectomy +/- lymph nodes +/- partial hepatectomy.<ref name=pmid20639849>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Biswas | first1 = PK. | title = Carcinoma gallbladder. | journal = Mymensingh Med J | volume = 19 | issue = 3 | pages = 477-81 | month = Jul | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20639849 }}</ref>


====Epidemiology====
====Epidemiology====
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===Gross===
===Gross===
*Classic: mass projecting into the lumen.
*Classic: mass projecting into the lumen.
*Marked gallbladder wall thickening.
**>10 mm should be considered with suspicion.<ref name=pmid21879282>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kim | first1 = HJ. | last2 = Park | first2 = JH. | last3 = Park | first3 = DI. | last4 = Cho | first4 = YK. | last5 = Sohn | first5 = CI. | last6 = Jeon | first6 = WK. | last7 = Kim | first7 = BI. | last8 = Choi | first8 = SH. | title = Clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography in the differential diagnosis of gallbladder wall thickening. | journal = Dig Dis Sci | volume = 57 | issue = 2 | pages = 508-15 | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1007/s10620-011-1870-0 | PMID = 21879282 }}</ref>


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Features:
Features:
*Usually adenocarcinoma.
*Usually adenocarcinoma.
**Mimics appearance of [[pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma]]-- but less cellular mucin.<ref name=Ref_DCHH174>{{Ref DCHH|174}}</ref>
**Mimics appearance of [[pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma]] -- but less cellular mucin.<ref name=Ref_DCHH174>{{Ref DCHH|174}}</ref>


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