Fifteen cases of trocar-size metastasis from unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma following laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman who developed this complication 21/2 months postoperatively. We feel that carcinoma of the gallbladde
Unsuspected carcinoma of the gallbladder
✍ Scribed by E. M. Targarona; M. J. Pons; P. Viella; M. Trías
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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Gallbladder cancer is a relatively uncommon malignancy in the United States. Its presentation is similar to that of lithic disease of the gallbladder. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the method of choice for removing the gallbladder in most benign conditions. Occasionally, unsuspected gallbl
In a 73-year-old woman elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis had to be changed to open cholecystectomy because of technical problems. Unsuspected microscopic adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder was found after operation. Two months later abdominal-wall metastasis develop