title: Hepatic metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for polypoid gallbladder cancer followed by radical surgery.
abstract: While laparoscopic cholecystectomy is being increasingly performed on patients with gallbladder disease, this approach in cases of polypoid lesions in the gallbladder may not always be justified. We report here a case of early development of intrahepatic metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for polypoid gallbladder cancer; wedge resection of the gallbladder bed and dissection of regional lymph nodes had to be done. When a malignancy of the gallbladder is suspected during preoperative examinations, open cholecystectomy should be done.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed