title: [A case of hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma invading the gallbladder].
abstract: Metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at a relatively late stage of the disease. Hematogenous and lymphatic metastases are the most common routes for dissemination of tumor cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma also extends into the adjacent portal vein and bile ducts. Since there is no peritoneum between the body of the gallbladder and the liver fossa, gallbladder cancer can easily cross the boundary. Gallbladder invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma, however, is quite rare. We report a case of hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver that invaded the gallbladder mimicking the gallbladder carcinoma complicated by cholecystitis and liver abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Namkoong
authors.forename: Myung Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hong Mok
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Mi Sung
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung Sung
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hyun Taek
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Jong Riul
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong Ok
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness