[A case of adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder with markedly elevated PTHrP and G-CSF levels]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2016 Sep;113(9):1564-71. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.113.1564.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 76-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with anorexia. Computed tomography revealed a tumor lesion measuring 110mm in the liver at S4/5 with calcification and swelling of a paraaortic lymph node. The gallbladder was not visualized. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen from the liver tumor revealed squamous cell and undifferentiated carcinomas, and several tumor markers were elevated. Therefore, we diagnosed the patient with gallbladder adenosquamous cell carcinoma T3N2M0 stage III. Because the serum parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) levels were significantly elevated, we suspected that PTHrP and G-CSF production occurred because of adenosquamous cell carcinoma in the gallbladder. We initiated chemotherapy with S-1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / chemistry*
  • Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / diagnostic imaging
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / chemistry*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / biosynthesis
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / blood*
  • Humans
  • Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein / biosynthesis
  • Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein / blood*

Substances

  • Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor