Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2010 Apr;40(4):285-289.
Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Forming a Cholecystogastric Fistula
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. snacks00@naver.net
- 2Department of Pathology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- The most common type of gallbladder cancer is adenocarcinoma. Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is a rare and aggressive disease. It is responsible for up to 1.7% of the malignant neoplasms of the gallbladder. It characteristically presents with invasive growth, a low tendency towards lymph node metastasis and a high incidence of local infiltration and hepatic metastasis, presenting a worse prognosis than adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. Cases of gallbladder cancer forming a fistula to the stomach are also rare. We experienced a case of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder which formed a fistula to the stomach.
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