A Case of Hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma Invading the Gallbladder.
- Author:
Kyung Young NAMKOONG
1
;
Myung Jin KANG
;
Hong Mok IM
;
Mi Sung KIM
;
Byung Sung KO
;
Hyun Taek AHN
;
Jong Riul LEE
;
Jong Ok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. ahnsir@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Neoplasm/Liver/Hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma carcinoma;
Metastasis;
Gallbladder
- MeSH:
Aged;
Bile Duct Neoplasms/*pathology;
*Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology/*secondary;
Cholangiocarcinoma/pathology/*secondary;
English Abstract;
Female;
Gallbladder Neoplasms/diagnosis/*secondary;
Humans;
Liver Neoplasms/*pathology;
Neoplasm Invasiveness
- From:The Korean Journal of Hepatology
2004;10(2):148-153
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at a relatively late stage of the disease. Hematogenous and lymphatic metastases are the most common routes for dissemination of tumor cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma also extends into the adjacent portal vein and bile ducts. Since there is no peritoneum between the body of the gallbladder and the liver fossa, gallbladder cancer can easily cross the boundary. Gallbladder invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma, however, is quite rare. We report a case of hepatocellular- cholangiocarcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver that invaded the gallbladder mimicking the gallbladder carcinoma complicated by cholecystitis and liver abscess.
