Korean J Med.
2004 Feb;66(2):209-213.
A case of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of gallbladder presenting with pyogenic liver abscess
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. ahnsir@hanmail.net
- 2Department of General Surgery, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
Abstract
- Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare but highly lethal disease. The diagnosis and treatment of pyogenic liver abscess has been evolving owing to specific antibiotic therapy, ultrasonography, abdominal computed tomography with improved percutaneous and operative techniques. However, pyogenic liver abscess may present as a rapidly fatal outcome. These unfavorable results are mainly attributed to the increasing numbers of patients with malignant disease and biliary tract disease. Carcinoma of the gallbladder has remained an uniformly fatal neoplasm characterized by early metastasis and rapid fatal course. In early stage, the symptom is nonspecific and often mimics benign biliary tract disease. We experienced a case of the gallbladder carcinoma presenting with pyogenic liver abscess in a 78-year-old female patient. Surgical drainage and cholecystectomy were done. The microscopic finding of resected gallbladder revealed large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of gallbladder.
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