Simultaneous breast and ovarian metastasis from gallbladder carcinoma
Simultaneous breast and ovarian metastasis from gallbladder carcinoma作者机构:Department of General SurgeryInstitute of Medical SciencesBanaras Hindu University
出 版 物:《Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International》 (国际肝胆胰疾病杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2010年第9卷第5期
页 面:553-554页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:gallbladder carcinoma breast metastasis ovary metastasis
摘 要:BACKGROUND:Gallbladder carcinoma is a common malignancy in the Indian *** commonly metastasizes through lymphatics,direct invasion,and hematogenous spread.A common extra-abdominal site of metastasis is the *** metastasis to breast and ovary is extremely ***:This report describes an unusual case of carcinoma gallbladder metastasizing to the breast and ovary at the same ***:A 45-year-old woman came to us with complaints of flatulent dyspepsia associated with weight loss and *** of the abdomen revealed hepatomegaly with thick-walled gallbladder with multiple stones and a mass at the fundus,but normal uterus and ***-enhanced computer tomography of the abdomen showed a gallbladder mass infiltrating the liver *** patient underwent radical *** examination revealed a poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma with margins free from tumor *** month after surgery she developed a breast *** of the abdomen for metastatic workup revealed an ovary *** mastectomy and salphingo-opherectomy were performed,and histopathological examination revealed a metastatic *** patient is now on chemotherapy with ***:This is an unusual case of carcinoma of the gallbladder with metastasis to the breast and ovary,which has not been documented before.