Calcified Carcinoma of the Gallbladder with Calcified Nodal Metastasis Presenting as a Porcelain Gallbladder: A Case Report.
- Author:
Eun Joo YUN
1
;
Dae Young YOON
;
Chul Soon CHOI
;
Sang Hoon BAE
;
Young Lan SEO
;
Suk Ki CHANG
;
Kyoung Ja LIM
;
Jung Hye KWON
;
Mi Jung KWON
;
Eun Sook NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gallbladder;
Carcinoma;
Metastasis;
Lymph node;
Calcification;
Computed tomography;
Magnetic resonance imaging
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adenocarcinoma;
Adult;
Cholecystectomy;
Dental Porcelain;
Gallbladder;
Gallbladder Neoplasms;
Gallstones;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Nausea;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Risk Factors;
Vomiting
- From:Cancer Research and Treatment
2011;43(1):71-74
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
