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SYNCHRONOUS CARCINOMA OF THE GALL‐BLADDER IN PATIENTS WITH BILE DUCT CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Chijiiwa Kazuo
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00492.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bile duct carcinoma , carcinoma , cholecystectomy , bile duct , biliary tract , bile duct cancer , common bile duct , general surgery , gastroenterology
One hundred and twenty‐four patients with bile duct carcinoma treated during 16 years were analysed retrospectively for multiple biliary tract carcinoma. Sixty‐two cases had undergone a cholecystectomy either as part of a pancreaticoduodenectomy or a bile duct resection or as part of an internal drainage procedure. Three (5%) were found to have an incidental separate carcinoma of the gall‐bladder. The discontinuity between the two sites of cancer was histologically confirmed. Clinical concern was that approximately 5% of patients with bile duct carcinoma had a synchronous carcinoma of the gall‐bladder. Thus, careful examination of the entire biliary tract including the gall‐bladder is necessary at the time of curative surgery for bile duct carcinoma.