Large and unusual presentation of gallbladder adenoma: A case report
作者机构:Department of Medical ImagingJiangsu Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineNanjing 210017Jiangsu ProvinceChina
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2020年第8卷第21期
页 面:5415-5419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 adenoma Computed tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Case report Imaging Misdiagnose
摘 要:BACKGROUND Gallbladder adenoma is a relatively rare benign tumor with a potential for malignant transformation if found to be greater than 1 cm in *** SUMMARY Herein,we report a case of a 51-year-old female with large 3 cm×3 cm mass of gallbladder adenoma that was misdiagnosed as adenocarcinoma due to its clinical *** tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed an irregularly shaped cauliflower-like lump in the gallbladder measuring 38 mm×32 mm corresponding to a malignant tumor and several gallbladder stones with low diffusion-weighted imaging and equisignal of T1-weighted imaging and T2-weighted imaging;moreover,the CA 19-9 levels were very high(184.1 U/mL).Pathology reports after tumor resection showed adenoma with moderate epithelial atypia and moderate atypia in the focal area with fine pedicle and no clear *** Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans need to be carefully scrutinized in certain rare cases of adenomas with abnormal imaging features.