Gallbladder cancer

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Diagnosis

History & Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

General management | External-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) | Surgery | Unresectable Gallbladder Cancer | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Future or investigational therapies

Pathological Findings

Gross Images

Images courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

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  Gallbladder carcinoma: Gross, natural color, close-up view of liver and gallbladder slice with typical neoplasm invading liver and surround a cavity with mixed type gallstones
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  Gallbladder carcinoma: Gross, natural color close-up view of gallbladder obliterated by white neoplasm with invasion of liver in a sunburst pattern slice of liver and gallbladder (an outstanding example of this rather rare tumor)
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  Gallbladder carcinoma: Gross, natural color shows stones in middle of tumor localization

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  Gallbladder carcinoma: Gross, natural color slab of liver with gallbladder
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  Gallbladder: Adenocarcinoma, arising from bile ducts
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  Gallbladder carcinoma: Gross, natural color of slice of liver showing attached gallbladder obliterated by tumor and with tumor invading adjacent liver parenchyma like a sunburst (an excellent example)

Microscopic Images

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  Gallbladder adenocarcinoma histopathology
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  Gallbladder adenocarcinoma: Lymphatic invasion histopathology
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  Gallbladder adenocarcinoma: Incidentally discovered gallbladder cancer (adenocarcinoma) following a cholecystectomy. H&E stain

Additional Resources

• Lewis, S.M., Heitkemper, M.M., & Dirksen, S.R. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 6th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2004.
• McCance,K., & Huether, S. Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults & Children, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002.
• Gallbladder cancer at National Cancer Institute of USA

External Links

• Adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder--a 5 year review of outcome in Newcastle upon Tyne