title: [Cancer of the gallbladder].
abstract: A retrospective study was made of cancer of the gallbladder over a 10-year period, during which 874 operations of the biliary tract were performed, 26 for gallbladder neoplasm (2.97%). Of the 26 patients studied, 22 (84.6%) were women, mean age at appearance of the tumor being 63.9 years. In 77% of the patients the time of evolution of the symptoms was less than a year, a men of 3.6 months. The principal symptom was abdominal pain, encountered in 96% of patients, followed by nausea and vomiting (65.4%). Fifty-eight percent of patients had gallstones and 46% had metastases at the time of operation. In 23% of the patients only laparotomy and biopsy could be performed, 42% underwent cholecystectomy and 34% cholecystectomy and drainage of the biliary tract. Of the 26 patients in our study, 24 (92%) had adenocarcinoma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cainzos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García García
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barreiro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Potel
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Puente
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Cáncer de la vesícula biliar.