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== Overview == | |||
Patients with gallbladder cancer usually appear asymptomatic. Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually remarkable for nonspecific symptoms that are due to cholelithiasis or cholecystitis.The preoperative diagnosis rate for gallbladder cancer was only 10 to 15 percent | |||
== Physical Examination == | |||
* Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually non specific or most oftenly asymptomatic. | |||
* Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually remarkable for symptoms that are due to cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. | |||
* .The presence of palpable gallbladder on physical examination is highly suggestive of gallbladder cancer. | |||
** '''Courvoisier's sign''': Also called Courvoisier's Law is a sigh of malignancy either pancreatic or gallbladder orgin rather than a sigh of cholelithiasis.<ref name="pmid19190960">{{cite journal |vauthors=Fitzgerald JE, White MJ, Lobo DN |title=Courvoisier's gallbladder: law or sign? |journal=World J Surg |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=886–91 |year=2009 |pmid=19190960 |doi=10.1007/s00268-008-9908-y |url=}}</ref> <ref name="pmid28874964">{{cite journal |vauthors=Agrawal S, Vohra S |title=Simultaneous Courvoisier's and double duct signs |journal=World J Gastrointest Endosc |volume=9 |issue=8 |pages=425–427 |year=2017 |pmid=28874964 |pmc=5565509 |doi=10.4253/wjge.v9.i8.425 |url=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 15:34, 1 February 2018
Overview
Patients with gallbladder cancer usually appear asymptomatic. Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually remarkable for nonspecific symptoms that are due to cholelithiasis or cholecystitis.The preoperative diagnosis rate for gallbladder cancer was only 10 to 15 percent
Physical Examination
- Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually non specific or most oftenly asymptomatic.
- Physical examination of patients with gallbladder cancer is usually remarkable for symptoms that are due to cholelithiasis or cholecystitis.
- .The presence of palpable gallbladder on physical examination is highly suggestive of gallbladder cancer.
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References
- ↑ Fitzgerald JE, White MJ, Lobo DN (2009). "Courvoisier's gallbladder: law or sign?". World J Surg. 33 (4): 886–91. doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9908-y. PMID 19190960.
- ↑ Agrawal S, Vohra S (2017). "Simultaneous Courvoisier's and double duct signs". World J Gastrointest Endosc. 9 (8): 425–427. doi:10.4253/wjge.v9.i8.425. PMC 5565509. PMID 28874964.