Gallbladder Cancer Diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration: A Case Report
- VernacularTitle:胆嚢病変に対する超音波内視鏡下穿刺吸引法で診断し得た胆嚢癌の1例
- Author:
Koji TAKAHASHI
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- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2021;70(1):43-46
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: A 77-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of general malaise and appetite loss for 3 months. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a gallbladder tumor and multiple tumors in the liver. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) was performed for the gallbladder tumor. Histopathologically, the tumor was diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. There were no complications of EUS-FNA. While waiting for the histopathological results of EUS-FNA, her appetite loss gradually became severe, so she declined systemic chemotherapy. She was discharged from the hospital 15 days after EUS-FNA. EUS-FNA for gallbladder lesions is useful when pathological diagnosis is required.
