Abstract
A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases of carcinoma of the gallbladder is presented. Twenty-six cases resected were assessed retrospectively with respect to the operative procedures employed and the results based on the pathologic findings from the resected specimens. The relationship between clinical features, macroscopic forms of tumor, histological types, liver invasion, and lymph node metastasis were investigated. Papillary, papillary infiltrative and nodular forms were classified as either papillary adenocarcinoma or well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were rare. Frequent lymph node metastasis was encountered in the nodular infiltrative form and invasion of the liver was frequently present in the infiltrative form. Invasion of the liver, lymph node metastasis, and the presence of gallstones were less frequent in papillary adenocarcinoma. In contrast, moderately-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma frequently had lymph node metastasis. Invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were, however, present regardless of the histologic types and were more related to the extent of subserosal involvement present. A female preponderance was noted in poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. The main reasons for surgery being limited to exploratory laparotomy only or palliative procedures included carcinoma infiltration into the hepatoduodenal ligament, carcinoma extension to the neighboring structures, multiple liver metastases, peritoneal dissemination, large liver invasion, and multiple metastases to the paraaortic lymph nodes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 315-321 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | World journal of surgery |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 1 1991 |
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Pathology of carcinoma of the gallbladder. / Sumiyoshi, Kinjiro; Nagai, Eishi; Chijiiwa, Kazuo; Nakayama, Fumio.
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T1 - Pathology of carcinoma of the gallbladder
AU - Sumiyoshi, Kinjiro
AU - Nagai, Eishi
AU - Chijiiwa, Kazuo
AU - Nakayama, Fumio
PY - 1991/5/1
Y1 - 1991/5/1
N2 - A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases of carcinoma of the gallbladder is presented. Twenty-six cases resected were assessed retrospectively with respect to the operative procedures employed and the results based on the pathologic findings from the resected specimens. The relationship between clinical features, macroscopic forms of tumor, histological types, liver invasion, and lymph node metastasis were investigated. Papillary, papillary infiltrative and nodular forms were classified as either papillary adenocarcinoma or well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were rare. Frequent lymph node metastasis was encountered in the nodular infiltrative form and invasion of the liver was frequently present in the infiltrative form. Invasion of the liver, lymph node metastasis, and the presence of gallstones were less frequent in papillary adenocarcinoma. In contrast, moderately-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma frequently had lymph node metastasis. Invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were, however, present regardless of the histologic types and were more related to the extent of subserosal involvement present. A female preponderance was noted in poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. The main reasons for surgery being limited to exploratory laparotomy only or palliative procedures included carcinoma infiltration into the hepatoduodenal ligament, carcinoma extension to the neighboring structures, multiple liver metastases, peritoneal dissemination, large liver invasion, and multiple metastases to the paraaortic lymph nodes.
AB - A clinicopathologic study of 40 cases of carcinoma of the gallbladder is presented. Twenty-six cases resected were assessed retrospectively with respect to the operative procedures employed and the results based on the pathologic findings from the resected specimens. The relationship between clinical features, macroscopic forms of tumor, histological types, liver invasion, and lymph node metastasis were investigated. Papillary, papillary infiltrative and nodular forms were classified as either papillary adenocarcinoma or well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were rare. Frequent lymph node metastasis was encountered in the nodular infiltrative form and invasion of the liver was frequently present in the infiltrative form. Invasion of the liver, lymph node metastasis, and the presence of gallstones were less frequent in papillary adenocarcinoma. In contrast, moderately-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma frequently had lymph node metastasis. Invasion of the liver and lymph node metastasis were, however, present regardless of the histologic types and were more related to the extent of subserosal involvement present. A female preponderance was noted in poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. The main reasons for surgery being limited to exploratory laparotomy only or palliative procedures included carcinoma infiltration into the hepatoduodenal ligament, carcinoma extension to the neighboring structures, multiple liver metastases, peritoneal dissemination, large liver invasion, and multiple metastases to the paraaortic lymph nodes.
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