title: Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder: case report and review of literature.
abstract: Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder is a very rare tumor. The neoplasm is highly lethal, metastasizes early, and may cause death shortly after diagnosis. Here we report a 56 year old male with small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder metastatic to the liver. He attained partial remission with 5 fluouracil, cisplatin based chemotherapy. However, the disease progressed after 3 months and salvage chemotherapy with docetaxel and caboplatin failed to produce any tumour response. He succumbed to the illness 13 months after cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Center Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, Sector-5, New Delhi-110 085, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pavithran
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Doval
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Vaid
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016879:Salvage Therapy