The Experience of the Treatment of Scapular and Midback Pain in a Patient with Gall Bladder Cancer: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2006.50.1.111
- Author:
Dae Hyun JO
1
;
Ji Hee HONG
;
Myung Hee KIM
;
Jae Jung KIM
Author Information
1. Pain Clinic, CHA General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. swon13@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
celiac plexus block;
gall bladder cancer;
referred pain
- MeSH:
Biliary Tract;
Celiac Plexus;
Gallbladder Neoplasms*;
Humans;
Pain, Referred;
Prognosis;
Rare Diseases
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2006;50(1):111-114
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gall bladder cancer is a very rare disease but most common in the biliary system. It has a poor prognosis because it is usually detected at an advanced stage due to no specific symptoms. So sometimes all that is needed is a proper pain control. It is important to remember that newly developed pain area can be a referred pain due to a cancer. We present a patient with a gall bladder cancer who suffered from right scapular and paravertebral pain. For his pain relief, we tried celiac plexus block and his pain was dramatically relieved.
