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Carcinosarcoma and carcinoma of the gallbladder
Author(s) -
Born Michael W.,
Ramey William G.,
Ryan Stephen F.,
Gordon Philip E.
Publication year - 1984
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(19840515)53:10<2171::aid-cncr2820531027>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - carcinosarcoma , medicine , gallbladder , gallbladder cancer , carcinoma , context (archaeology) , cancer , radiology , general surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Carcinosarcoma is a tumor‐containing mixed malignant epithelial and connective tissue elements. The 18th case of carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder is reported in the context of 17 prior cases from the world literature. The 18‐year experience of St. Luke's Hospital with extrahepatic and primary gallbladder cancer is presented to provide perspective on this unusual tumor. The diagnosis of malignant disease of the gallbladder is reviewed with special emphasis on the roles of sonography, computerized tomography, and arteriography. The importance of staging as a guideline to prognosis and therapy of gallbladder cancer is discussed. Carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder behaves clinically like carcinoma and guidelines for surgical and palliative therapy of the more common malignancies of the gallbladder should be followed for carcinosarcoma as well.