title: [The efficacy of echography in the diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma].
abstract: The preoperative diagnosis of carcinoma of the gallbladder is very difficult because the clinical manifestations of this disease are nonspecific and often indistinguishable from those of cholecystitis. Radiography, including oral cholecystograms and i.v. cholangiograms, give aspecific findings. Ultrasound scans were performed on 13 gallbladder carcinomas: only "massive" cancer was diagnosed correctly, because sonography does not offer specific patterns for "infiltrating" and "fungating" carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Maggiore di Crema, Servizio di Radiologia e Terapia Fisica.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borghetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parziale
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bertolotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maldotti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonardi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reduzzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbiati
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Utilità dell'ecografia nella diagnosi del carcinoma della colecisti.