Gallbladder carcinoma
Updates to Case Attributes
This 85 year-old female presented with abdominal pain. An abdominal ultrasound image shows a large heterogeneous echogenic mass in the expected region of the gallbladder. The echo-free rounded cystic lesion posteriorly is a [renal cortical cyst]. In the region of the porta hepatis is a gallstone. Doppler examination (not shown) demonstrated vascularity within the gallbladder mass.
An MR was performed which confirmed the ultrasound findings. Extensive liver metastases were also demonstrated.
Gallbladder carcinoma may present as a large mass infiltrating the liver and gallbladder fossa, an intraluminal mass (as in this case), or focal or diffuse mural thickening. Seventy-five percent of patients have gallstones. GB carcinoma is most commonly found in elderly females. Gallstones, chronic cholecystitis and porcelein gallbladder are risk factors for the development of GB carcinoma.
Credit: Laughlin Dawes
-<p>This 85 year-old female presented with abdominal pain. An abdominal ultrasound image shows a large heterogeneous echogenic mass in the expected region of the gallbladder. The echo-free rounded cystic lesion posteriorly is a [renal cortical cyst]. In the region of the porta hepatis is a gallstone. Doppler examination (not shown) demonstrated vascularity within the gallbladder mass.</p> <p>An MR was performed which confirmed the ultrasound findings. Extensive liver metastases were also demonstrated.</p><p><a href="/articles/gallbladder-carcinoma" title="Gallbladder carcinoma">Gallbladder carcinoma</a> may present as a large mass infiltrating the liver and gallbladder fossa, an intraluminal mass (as in this case), or focal or diffuse mural thickening. Seventy-five percent of patients have gallstones. GB carcinoma is most commonly found in elderly females. Gallstones, chronic cholecystitis and porcelein gallbladder are risk factors for the development of GB carcinoma.</p><p>Credit: Laughlin Dawes</p><br />- +<p>This 85 year-old female presented with abdominal pain. </p><p>An MR was performed which confirmed the ultrasound findings. Extensive liver metastases were also demonstrated.</p><p><a href="/articles/gallbladder-carcinoma">Gallbladder carcinoma</a> may present as a large mass infiltrating the liver and gallbladder fossa, an intraluminal mass (as in this case), or focal or diffuse mural thickening. Seventy-five percent of patients have gallstones. GB carcinoma is most commonly found in elderly females. Gallstones, chronic cholecystitis and porcelein gallbladder are risk factors for the development of GB carcinoma.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
Updates to Study Attributes
An abdominal ultrasound image shows a large heterogeneous echogenic mass in the expected region of the gallbladder. The echo-free rounded cystic lesion posteriorly is a [renal cortical cyst]. In the region of the porta hepatis is a gallstone. Doppler examination (not shown) demonstrated vascularity within the gallbladder mass.
Image Ultrasound (Transverse) ( update )
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