Surgical management of gallbladder sarcomatoid carcinoma

Current management of gallbladder carcinoma.

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) represents the most common and aggressive type among the biliary tree cancers (BTCs). Complete surgical resection offers the only chance for cure; however, only 10% of patients with GBC present with early-stage disease and are considered surgical candidates. Among those patients who do undergo "curative" resection, recurrence rates are high. There are no established adj...

Sarcomatoid Transrormation of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

Surgical strategies for unexpected gallbladder carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE To explore surgical strategies for unexpected gallbladder carcinoma (UGC). PATIENTS AND METHODS A study of hospital records was performed in 26 patients with UGC treated in our institution from January 1990 to December 2002. The surgical therapies and disease prognosis were analyzed. RESULTS Five cases of GBC were noted during open cholecystectomy (OC) and 15 were confirmed during...

Gallbladder carcinoma surgical therapy. An overview.

Carcinoma of the gallbladder is the most frequent tumor of the extrahepatic biliary tract, and the fourth commonest upper gastrointestinal malignancy. Of the histologic types, adenocarcinoma is the most frequent (80%) (1,2). Gallbladder cancer probably has a multifactorial etiology. More than 80% of patients diagnosed with gallbladder cancer have gallstones. Karyotipic abnormalities, such as mu...

Concomitant early gallbladder carcinoma with primary sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

Concomitant primary sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma (SHC) with gallbladder carcinoma is a rare type of hepatobillary disease. To the best of our knowledge, this coexistence has rarely been reported. An 80-year-old male presented with right-sided epigastric pain and a low fever. Computed tomography (CT) imaging revealed a hypodense lesion in the right lobe of the liver and a regular intralu...