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KMID : 0939920110430010071
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대한암학회지
2011 Volume.43 No. 1 p.71 ~ p.74
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Calcified Carcinoma of the Gallbladder with Calcified Nodal Metastasis Presenting as a Porcelain Gallbladder: A Case Report
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Yun Eun-Joo
Yoon Dae-Young
Choi Chul-Soon
Bae Sang-Hoon
Seo Young-Lan
Chang Suk-Ki
Lim Kyoung-Ja
Kwon Jung-Hye
Kwon Mi-Jung
Nam Eun-Sook
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Abstract
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Porcelain gallbladder is regarded as a risk factor of gallbladder cancer. A porcelain gallbladder with calcified regional lymph nodes was found using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a 43-year-old man who presented with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. His cholecystectomy specimen showed diffuse wall thickening and contained small gallstones. Histological examination revealed diffuse infiltrative adenocarcinoma with extensive intratumoral calcification (calcified carcinoma). The majority of the calcified material was located within or replaced the tumor glands, and was not found in the stroma. A lymph node was totally replaced with a calcified metastatic adenocarcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of calcified lymph node metastasis from a calcified carcinoma of the gallbladder has been previously reported in the literature. We herein add a case of calcified carcinoma of the gallbladder with calcified lymph node metastasis, presenting as a porcelain gallbladder on CT and MRI.
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KEYWORD
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Gallbladder, Carcinoma, Metastasis, Lymph node, Calcification, Computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging
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