| Ultrasound
patterns of metastatic tumors in the gall bladdder.Journal of Clinical
Ultrasound.Volume 10, Issue 8
, Pages 379 - 383
Eleven cases of
sonographically detected metastatic disease to the gallbladder are
reported. This paper represents the first comprehensive review of the
ultrasonographic findings in this not infrequently encountered disease
process. Four distinctive sonographic diagnostic patterns have evolved
and are described. The suspicion of metastatic tumors in the
gallbladder should be raised, particularly in the presence of focal
gallbladder wall thickening in association with nonshadowing
intraluminal soft tissue masses. In contrast to primary carcinomas of
the gallbladder, cholelithiasis usually is absent. The differential
diagnosis, which includes various benign conditions of the
gallbladder, is discussed.
Renal cell carcinoma
metastatic to gallbladder: a survival advantage to simultaneous
nephrectomy and cholecystectomy.Int
Urol Nephrol. 2007;39(2):377-9. Epub 2007 Feb 17.
Renal cell
carcinoma is a relatively uncommon cancer. Patients presenting with a
renal adenocarcinoma are often found to have evidence of metastatic
disease at the time of diagnosis. Herein, we describe the case of a
39-year-old male with renal cell carcinoma and a synchronous
metastatic focus to the gallbladder. The patient underwent a
successful simultaneous nephrectomy and cholecystectomy and is doing
well 30 months after surgery without evidence of disease recurrence. A
thorough metastatic work-up along with aggressive surgical
intervention in patients with renal cell carcinoma and unusual
metastatic foci can provide a long-term favorable outcome.
Isolated gall
bladder metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.Indian
J Gastroenterol. 2006 May-Jun;25(3):161-2.
Gall bladder
metastasis from renal cell carcinoma is rare. We report a 46-year-old
man with isolated gall bladder metastasis from renal cell carcinoma 11
months after radical nephrectomy. He underwent cholecystectomy and
frozen section revealed the metastatic tumor. Sixteen months later,
the patient is free of disease.
Gallbladder
metastasis of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer.Onkologie
2004;27:398-400
Background:
Although non-small cell lung cancer is known for its potency to spread
to almost any organ of the body, metastasis to the gallbladder with
significant clinical manifestation is rarely reported in the
literature. Case report: We report the case of a 45-year-old man with
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who developed symptoms of acute
cholecystitis caused by a metastasis of the gallbladder wall.
Histological examination showed tumor cell invasion in regional
gallbladder lymph nodes. A second primary tumor of the gallbladder was
excluded by immunohistochemical methods. Conclusion: Our experience
showed that acute cholecystitis can occur in association with
metastases of lung cancer to the gallbladder.
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