Proposal for a new morphological "combined type" of gallbladder cancer : description of radiopathological characteristics and comparison with other morphological types

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the radiopathological characteristics of a new morphological "combined type" of gallbladder cancer (GBC) and compare it with the mass replacing gallbladder and thickening types of GBC.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The imaging and pathological details of consecutive patients with GBC between August 2020 and December 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Two radiologists reviewed computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging in consensus for the morphological type of GBC. The radiologists classified GBC as mass replacing gallbladder, wall thickening, and combined type. The combined type was defined as a mass arising from the thickened wall of an adequately distended gallbladder that extended exophytically into the adjacent liver parenchyma. The presence of calculi, site, and size of lesion, biliary/portal vein involvement, liver, lymph node, and omental metastases was compared among the various types. The pathological characteristics were also compared.

RESULTS: Of the 481 patients (median age 55 years, 63.2% females) included in the study, mass replacing gallbladder, wall thickening, and combined-type GBC were seen in 42.8% (206/481), 40.5% (195/481), and 16.6% (80/481) of patients, respectively. In the combined type of GBC, biliary/portal vein involvement was seen in 63.7% (51/80) and 7.5% (6/80) of patients. Liver, lymph node, and omental metastases were seen in 67.5% (54/80), 40% (32/80), and 41.2% (33/80) patients, respectively. Liver metastases were significantly more common in the combined type (p = 0.002). There were no significant differences in pathological characteristics among the various types.

CONCLUSION: Combined-type GBC is less common than the mass replacing gallbladder and thickening types and is associated with a higher risk of liver metastases.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

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Abdominal radiology (New York) - 49(2024), 3 vom: 16. März, Seite 703-709

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chhabra, Manika [VerfasserIn]
Kalage, Daneshwari [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Pankaj [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqui, Ruby [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Shravya [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Thakur Deen [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Vikas [VerfasserIn]
Kaman, Lileswar [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Harjeet [VerfasserIn]
Irrinki, Santosh [VerfasserIn]
Das, Chandan [VerfasserIn]
Prakash, Gaurav [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Parikshaa [VerfasserIn]
Saikia, Uma Nahar [VerfasserIn]
Nada, Ritambhra [VerfasserIn]
Dutta, Usha [VerfasserIn]
Sandhu, Manavjit Singh [VerfasserIn]

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Gallbladder
Gallbladder cancer
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Morphology
Multidetector computed tomography

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Date Completed 05.03.2024

Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00261-023-04090-x

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NLM364652152