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Mixed large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder: a case report and brief review of the literature
- Source :
- World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
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Abstract
- Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the gallbladder is extremely rare. We present a 63-year-old Chinese female who was admitted with right upper quadrant pain and a quasi-circular tumor measuring 2.0 cm on the body of the gallbladder, as indicated by computed tomography. LCNEC combined with adenocarcinoma was immunohistochemically confirmed after open radical cholecystectomy. Postoperative recovery of this patient was uneventful, and no evidence of recurrence or metastasis was observed after 12 months of follow-up. LCNEC of the gallbladder is thought to be extremely rare and is usually found in combination with other histological carcinoma types, such as adenocarcinoma, as determined histologically. The prognosis is poor overall, but early detection with complete resection may result in a relatively good prognosis.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cholecyst
medicine.medical_treatment
Case Report
Adenocarcinoma
Neuroendocrine tumors
Gastroenterology
Metastasis
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
Surgical oncology
Neoplasms
Internal medicine
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
business.industry
Gallbladder
Middle Aged
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
Carcinoma, Large Cell
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms
Surgery
Cholecystectomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14777819
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ffcd4b28f784ebfe284be813437667be