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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 30:43-45 (2000)
© 2000 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Minute Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: a Case Report

Takashi Roppongi1, Izumi Takeyoshi2, Susumu Ohwada2, Yoshihiro Sato2, Takanao Fujii1, Manabu Honma3 and Yasuo Morishita2,+

1Department of Surgery, National Numata Hospital, Numata, Gunma and 2Second Department of Surgery and 3First Department of Pathology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Following a simple cholecystectomy, a 63-year-old woman with gallstones was histologically diagnosed as having minute squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder. A laparotomy revealed a small, firm nodule that appeared to be an adenoma, which was palpated in the fundus of the gallbladder. The resected gallbladder contained 37 small stones and a small and firm mass (0.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm in size) on the mucosal side. Histologically, a pure type of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder was diagnosed. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a minute and pure type of squamous cell carcinoma in the gallbladder. This case may have implications for the histogenesis of squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder.

+ For reprints and all correspondence: Izumi Takeyoshi, Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3–39–15, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan. E-mail: takeyosi@sb.gunma-u.ac.jpAbbreviations: US, ultrasonogram; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography


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