Iterative surgical resection of a recurrent gallbladder carcinoma with long-term survival: report of a case.
Gallbladder carcinoma is a rare, but often lethal disease. Unfortunately, at the time of diagnosis, patients usually have advanced disease (T3-T4) and long-term survival is dismal, ranging from 5 to 12% in the literature. However, this cancer can be successfully treated when the tumour is organ-confined (T1-T2 tumours), as happens in the case of incidental diagnosis at the time of cholecystectomy for gallstones. Here we describe a patient with recurrent gallbladder carcinoma who, treated with iterative surgical resection, is alive and disease-free at 5 years after the final surgical procedure.
Scaringi
Stefano
S
University of Florence Careggi University Hospital, Italy. stefano.scaringi@unifi.it
Nesi
Gabriella
G
Bargellini
Tatiana
T
Batignani
Giacomo
G
Tonelli
Francesco
F
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed