Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder.
Herein we present a case of a 57-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder, with an advanced, large tumor infiltrating the liver and duodenum, but curatively resected by hepatopancreatoduodenectomy. She has been doing well without any sign of recurrence more than 5 years after operating. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy is an adequate procedure for en bloc resection of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder because it often grows expansively. No residual tumor cells owing to hepatopancreatoduodenectomy shall fortunately result in a good prognosis.
Tomono
H
H
Department of Surgery, Kiryu Kousei General Hospital, Gunma, Japan.
Fujioka
S
S
Kato
K
K
Aikawa
K
K
Nimura
Y
Y
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy