Open AccessMUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA OF GALL BLADDER: A RARE ENTITY IN GALL BALDDER ADENOCARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Sushil Kumar Shukla,
Rohini Garg,
Dushyant Singh Gaur,
Anshika Arora,
Anuradha Kusum
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i3.1035
Subject(s) - adenocarcinoma , pathology , medicine , gall , mucinous carcinoma , cancer , biology , botany
Gall bladder carcinoma is the most common type of tumor of the biliary tract and adenocarcinoma is the major histopathological subtype. Mucinous variant is a rare subtype and mucinous carcinoma accompanied with signet ring is extremely rare. When mucinous component exceeds 90% of the tumor, it is labeled as pure mucinous carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry helps to distinguish primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of gall bladder from pseudo myxoma peritonei from appendiceal neoplasm. Mucinous carcinoma is CK 7 positive and CK20 negative. We report a case of mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from the fundus of the gall bladder.
Keywords: Mucinous carcinoma, Gall bladder, Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic deposits