[Acute cholecystitis and cancer of the gallbladder in the aged].
We are reporting 35 cases of gallbladder cancer in elderly people. 9 of them (25.7%) were operated with the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. We point out the high incidence of the association of acute cholecystitis and gallbladder cancer, being the cholelithiasis a predominant factor in the pathogenesis of cancer. Considering that we found gallbladder cancer in 6.1% of the cholecystectomies, we advise to perform the surgical treatment in all the patients suffering of cholelithiasis.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
Colecistitis aguda y cáncer de vesícula en el anciano.