title: Primary carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder.
abstract: We present the clinical course of a 77-year old woman who died of tumor cachexia 26.5 months after diagnosis of a primary carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder. To our knowledge, this is the 28th case reported in the world literature. The diagnosis was established coincidentally during histologic work-up of the gallbladder resected for cholecystolithiasis. The entity of this rare tumor type is discussed with regard to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Lvbeck.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Psathakis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wenk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Bruch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans