Korean J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg.
1999 Aug;3(2):175-179.
A Case of Small Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of General Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Internal Medicicne, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Small cell carcinoma of the gallbladder (GB) is a very rare tumor, found usually in elderly women and associated with cholelithiasis. It carries a grave prognosis, metastasizing early and causing death shortly after diagnosis. We experienced a case of small cell carcinoma of the GB with metastasis to the liver and adjacent lymph nodes in a 67-year-old woman. The patient underwent palliative resection and histologically, the tumor was made up of sheets of uniform small round cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, inconspicuous nucleoli and scant cytoplasm, consistent with small cell carcinoma of the GB.
