Ultrasonic diagnosis of primary carcinoma of the gallbladder: A review of 16 cases
โ Scribed by R. Ruiz; H. Teyssou; N. Fernandez; J. P. Carrez; M. Gortchakoff; G. Manteau; P. M. Ter-Davtian; J. P. Tessier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 616 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Sonographic findings in 16 patients (10 women, six men) with surgically documented gallbladder carcinoma are reported. Two principal forms are described: localized infiltrating, or fungating, tumors (eight patients) and diffuse tumors infiltrating the entire gallbladder wall (eight patients). In all cases, the tumors were adenocarcinomas. Eleven patients also had cholelithiasis. Contiguous extension and metastasis did not correlate with tumor size. The difficulties encountered in the differential diagnosis are discussed in relation to the different sonographic appearances.
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Primary sarcoma of the gallbladder is a very uncommon neoplasm.' This tumor is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. In 1978, Olken reported a case of a gallbladder carcinoma which was diagnosed by preoperative ultrasonography .' We have performed real-time B-mode ultrasonography in a patient with primar