Open AccessAn unusual case of gallbladder cancer in an automotive worker
Author(s) -
BrandtRauf Paul W.,
Branwood A. Whitley
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.30.6.333
Subject(s) - autopsy , medicine , gallbladder , gallbladder cancer , adenocarcinoma , metastasis , cystic duct , cancer , pathology , peritoneum
Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder was found at autopsy in a 65‐year‐old male. The tumor was composed predominantly of signet ring cells, an uncommon histologic form. In addition, there was an atypical pattern of metastasis, with cancer involving not only the walls of the cystic duct, large and small bowels, peritoneum, abdominal nodes, and omentum, but also the kidneys, ureters, lungs, and heart. Although the patient lacked the common predisposing factors for gallbladder cancer, he did work in an industry with a significant relative risk for the development of this cancer.