Carcinoma of the gall bladder

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Gall Bladder.

Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder (SCCGB) is a rare condition, with only 53 prior cases reported in the world literature when our case was first diagnosed. Our patient was found to have limited stage disease and was treated with sequential laparoscopic cholecystectomy, etoposide/carboplatin chemotherapy followed by consolidating loco-regional radiation therapy. She is alive and well with...

Primary Carcinoma of the Gall-Bladder

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the gall bladder

Primary gallbladder carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm with an incidence of 1.2 cases per 100 000 people each year. Its occurrence increases with age, particularly in women. It is the fifth most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, and the most common malignancy in the biliary tract. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of gallbladder neoplasm whereas sarcomatoid carcinoma is rare with...

Atypical Presentations of Gall Bladder Carcinoma

The incidence of gallbladder carcinoma is 1.2 cases per 100,000/ year and increases with age, particularly after the sixth decade of life. Ethnic background and geographical location are important factors in the incidence of this cancer. It is more common in Central and South America, Japan and North India. Risk factors include cholelithiasis, calcified gallbladder wall, adenomatous gallbladder...

Rare presentation of porcelain gall bladder: carcinoma gall bladder with a large intra-abdominal cystic swelling.

DESCRIPTION A 50-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of pain in the abdomen, a slowly growing painless lump in the central abdomen, anorexia and significant weight loss for the last 3 months. No history of jaundice, itching or fever. Physical examination revealed ovoid 15×15 cm nontender cystic lump (figure 1) with restricted mobility in the mid-abdomen. CECT abdomen revealed malignant ...