[Case of Adenocarcinoma with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Component in the Gallbladder]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2017 Nov;44(12):2032-2034.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 73-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of abdominal pain. An abdominal CT scan revealed diffuse wall thickening of the gallbladder with a gallstone. Urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed with the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Histopathological examination indicated adenocarcinoma with a small neuroendocrine carcinoma component invading the subserous layer. Additional gallbladder bed resection and lymphadenectomy were performed. The final pathological diagnosis was adenocarcinoma with NEC, pT2N0M0, pStage II . The patient is alive without any recurrence 7 months after the last surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery*
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome