| Literature DB >> 23230561 |
Eun Young Park1, Hyung-Il Seo, Sung Pil Yun, Suk Kim, Joo Yeun Kim, Koon Taek Han.
Abstract
Malignant mesenchymalneoplasms of the gallbladder are extremely rare with only 105 cases of primary gallbladder sarcoma having been described. It has a very aggressive behavior and is usually diagnosed at advanced stages. Therefore, curative surgical management may not be possible. We performed a radical cholecystectomy (S4b + S5 segmentectomy), omentectomy and small bowel resection in a 54-year-old patient with locally invasive leiomyosarcoma of the gallbladder. Further studies are needed to confirm the benefit of aggressive treatment for patients with leiomyosarcoma of the gallbladder.Entities:
Keywords: Gallbladder neoplasms; Leiomyosarcoma
Year: 2012 PMID: 23230561 PMCID: PMC3514485 DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2012.83.6.403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Korean Surg Soc ISSN: 1226-0053