SMALL-CELL CARCINOMA OF GALLBLADDER - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Citation
Oi. Muraina et al., SMALL-CELL CARCINOMA OF GALLBLADDER - REPORT OF 2 CASES, The American journal of gastroenterology, 91(4), 1996, pp. 792-794
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
792 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1996)91:4<792:SCOG-R>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma has been reported from multiple si tes, including the gallbladder, Small cell carcinoma of the gallbladde r is a very rare tumor, found usually in elderly women and associated with cholelithiasis. It carries a grave prognosis, metastasizing early and causing death shortly after diagnosis, Treatment of metastatic di sease with two different chemotherapeutic regimens has been shown to i mprove survival, To the best of our knowledge, this tumor has not been previously reported in a black individual, or in any subject less tha n 49 yr or more than 79 yr old, We report two cases: one Is the first black and youngest reported case, The second is the oldest person repo rted with this rare malignancy, Radiological studies such as ultrasoun d and CT scan were useful in evaluating tumor spread and follow-up.