Gallbladder benign diseases are common and usually cured without further consequences. Some illnesses increase the chance of cancer development significantly, whereas others resemble malignant disorders. The biomarkers discussed thus far among most extensively researched concerning different GBC. Patients with gallbladder diagnosed in later stages when conventional treatments ineffective. lack ...

BACKGROUND There are few previous epidemiologic studies of gallbladder cancer, a rare but nearly always lethal gastrointestinal cancer with a demonstrated greater frequency in adult women and older subjects of both sexes, and also in the members of populations throughout central and eastern Europe and certain racial groups such as native American Indians. Unfortunately, the prospects for the pr...

Gallbladder cancer is the fifth most frequent women in Algeria. Squamous-cell and adenosquamous carcinomas are rarest histological type of this represent less than 7%. Malformation bile ducts such as a choledochal cyst or biliopancreatic maljunction risk factors for cancer. This manuscript reports rare case an 82-year-old woman operated on carcinoma gallbladder associated with duct junction abn...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous biliary tract fistulas are rare entities. Most of them are associated with long-standing gallstones (especially common bile duct stones, or recurrent biliary tract infections), some with more uncommon diseases such as gallbladder cancer. Some authors believe that back flow from fistulas predisposes patients to gallbladder cancer and some believe that cancer causes necro...

Gallbladder cancer is a malignancy of biliary tract which is infrequent in developed countries but common in some specific geographical regions of developing countries. Late diagnosis and deprived prognosis are major problems for treatment of gallbladder carcinoma. The dramatic associations of this orphan cancer with various genetic and environmental factors are responsible for its poorly defin...

CONTEXT This is the first report associating heterotopic pancreas in the gallbladder and elevated pancreatic enzymes in bile. CASE REPORT A 60-year-old woman underwent abdominal ultrasonography at a medical check-up, revealing a nodular protrusion at the neck of the gallbladder. It seemed likely to be a lymph node, but we could not exclude the possibility of gallbladder cancer. In order to ma...

Gallbladder cancer is generally diagnosed at an advanced stage. The liver is the most commonly invaded organ by direct extension and/or metastasis, followed by regional lymph nodes. Oral soft tissue metastasis is extremely unusual. This report describes the case of a 62-year-old woman diagnosed with advanced metastatic gallbladder cancer, who initially presented with abdominal pain. Diagnosis o...

INTRODUCTION Gallbladder cancer is an uncommon neoplasm of uncertain etiology and poor survival. Recently, interest has been generated in bacterial infections and cancers. Helicobacter is one such bacterium found to be associated with gastric MALToma, gastric adenocarcinoma and hepatobiliary neoplasms. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty four gallbladder cancer and 55 controls with cholelithiasis were...

OBJECTIVE This article reviews the most relevant ultrasound findings associated with gallbladder cancer. MATERIAL AND METHOD A descriptive and retrospective study was made of clinical features and imaging studies in patients subjected to surgery for gallbladder neoplasm in the Reina Sofía General University Hospital (Murcia) during the time period 2000-2011. RESULTS A total of 15 cases of g...

Cancer of the gallbladder is rare and more common in women and Native Americans. Gallbladder cancer is a comparatively rare cancer and has poor outcome due to their anatomy and location. It is hard to diagnose gallbladder cancer in its early stages. Sometimes doctors find it when they remove the gallbladder for another reason. But people with gallstones rarely have gallbladder cancer. Because i...