[A case of hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma invading the gallbladder].
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.
Namkoong
Kyung Young
KY
Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Korea.
Kang
Myung Jin
MJ
Im
Hong Mok
HM
Kim
Mi Sung
MS
Ko
Byung Sung
BS
Ahn
Hyun Taek
HT
Lee
Jong Riul
JR
Kim
Jong Ok
JO
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