A case of metastatic gallbladder tumor of renal cell cancer with a unique feature followed by ultrasonography

A 74-year-old female with a past history of right nephrectomy due to renal cell cancer at 67-year-old was admitted for evaluation of an oval polyp at the gallbladder neck with 15 mm diameter in size, which had been recognized as a 7 mm hemispheric lesion on ultrasonography 7 months before admission....

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Published inTando Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 699 - 704
Main Authors Shigetomo, Miki, Morita, Toshihiro, Kikuyama, Masataka, Kurokami, Takafumi, Kimura, Yuto, Maruno, Takahisa, Kayahara, Takahisa, Matsumura, Kazuyoshi, Suzuki, Makoto
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Biliary Association 2012
一般社団法人 日本胆道学会
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ISSN0914-0077
1883-6879
DOI10.11210/tando.26.699

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Summary:A 74-year-old female with a past history of right nephrectomy due to renal cell cancer at 67-year-old was admitted for evaluation of an oval polyp at the gallbladder neck with 15 mm diameter in size, which had been recognized as a 7 mm hemispheric lesion on ultrasonography 7 months before admission. Abdominal enhanced CT revealed a strongly-enhanced lesion and endoscopic ultrasonography showed a 20 mm-diameter low echoic polypoid mass with a high echoic layer on its surface. We considered it as a metastatic gallbladder tumor of renal cell cancer and performed cholecystectomy. Histopathologically, the tumor consisted of clear cells similar to the previously operated renal cell cancer and existed in the mucosal layer without invasion into the muscular layer. The gallbladder lesion was diagnosed as a metastasis of renal cell cancer.
ISSN:0914-0077
1883-6879
DOI:10.11210/tando.26.699