A Case of Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder Synchronously Overlapped with Early Gastric Cancer
Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Primary leimyosarcoma of the gallbladder is an extremely rare neoplasm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case in the Japanese and English literature of synchronously concomitant primary leimyosarcoma of the gallbladder and adenocarcinoma of the stomach. A 80-year-old woman admitted for right upper quadrant pain was suspected of cancer of the gallbladder and early gastric cancer based on abdominal ultrasonography, CT, MRI, ERCP and gastrointestinal endoscopy. MRI appearance of the gallbladder tumor was intermediate intensity on T1 weighed images and slightly high intensity on T2 weighed images. We conducted extended cholecystectomy and distal gastrectomy. The resected specimen histologically proved to be leiomyosarcoma of the gallbladder and adenocarcinoma of the stomach. In 21-month follow-up, the patient was well with no reccurent evidence of either malignancies.
Source: 日本消化器外科学会雑誌
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.35.517
Authors: Tatsuaki Ishii, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hitoshi Kin, Masahiko Muro, Kenji Uda, Hitoshi Idani, Akihisa Kaneko, Hiroshi Sasaki, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Mitsuo Narusue
Institutions: Fukuyama City Hospital, Okayama University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2332837490