Carcinoid tumor of the gall bladder.
Carcinoid of the gall bladder and bile duct is a rare tumor. Primary gall bladder and biliary duct system carcinoids constitute less than 1% of all carcinoid tumors arising from different parts of the body. We describe a case of carcinoid tumor of the gall bladder in a 53-year-old woman. The rarity of this entity prompted us to present our patient as a case report. There have been only 33 cases described in the literature.
Anjaneyulu
Vasala
V
Pathology Department, Mehdi Nawaz Jung Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre, Red Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500 004, India. vasalaanju@rediffmail.com
Shankar-Swarnalatha
Gouri
G
Rao
Simhadri Chandra-Sekhar
SC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008875:Middle Aged; D012835:Silver Nitrate; D016622:Silver Staining; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C083000:Grimelius stain; D012835:Silver Nitrate