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KMID : 0357919840180040375
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Korean Journal of Pathology
1984 Volume.18 No. 4 p.375 ~ p.381
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Cancer of the Gallbladder: A Review of 73 Cases with Emphasis on Relationship to Gallstones
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Abstract
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This study presents the clinicopathologic findings in 73 cases of cancer of the
gallbladder. Particular attention was paid to the presence of gallstones, classification of
histologic types, along with their distribution by age and sex, the presenting symptoms
and the sites of metastasis. The bulk of the cartes occurred in elderly females and the
most common histologic type was adenocarcinoma. The incidence of gallbladder cancer
in the cholecystectomy population runs about 4.2% : in the cholelithiasis population only
2.1%. Of total 70 cases of gallbladder cancer, 18.6% had gallstones. There does not
appear to be a correlation between gallbladder cancer and cholelithiasis when calculated
from the gallstone incidence. Cholecytectomy solely hoping to prevent cancer in
cholelithiasis patients is not advisable.
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