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Primary sarcoma of the gallbladder
Author(s) -
Carpentier Y.,
Lambilliotte J. P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197308)32:2<493::aid-cncr2820320230>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , sarcoma , primary (astronomy) , general surgery , pathology , physics , astronomy
The case of a 77‐year‐old woman with a primary sarcoma of the gallbladder is reported, and the literature on the subject is reviewed. The authors pointed out the poor prognosis of this cancer in spite of extended surgical resection or regional arterial chemotherapy. It is admitted that the rare situation allowing a reasonable chance of long‐term survival occurs when the diagnosis of carcinoma is made at histologic examination of a gallbladder removed for what was called “simple lithiasis.”