Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder

Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder is a rare malignancy of the gallbladder, accounting for less than 5% of gallbladder pathology. Initial presentation is often similar to adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. SCC tends to be more locally aggressive, however, and possesses a worse...

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Autores principales: Weatherall, Timothy J., Fenton, Moon, Munene, Gitonga, Dickson, Paxton V., Deneve, Jeremiah L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/424650
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author Weatherall, Timothy J.
Fenton, Moon
Munene, Gitonga
Dickson, Paxton V.
Deneve, Jeremiah L.
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Munene, Gitonga
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description Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder is a rare malignancy of the gallbladder, accounting for less than 5% of gallbladder pathology. Initial presentation is often similar to adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. SCC tends to be more locally aggressive, however, and possesses a worse prognosis than adenocarcinoma. We report a case of locally advanced SCC of the gallbladder.
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spelling pubmed-45069012015-08-02 Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Weatherall, Timothy J. Fenton, Moon Munene, Gitonga Dickson, Paxton V. Deneve, Jeremiah L. Case Rep Surg Case Report Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder is a rare malignancy of the gallbladder, accounting for less than 5% of gallbladder pathology. Initial presentation is often similar to adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. SCC tends to be more locally aggressive, however, and possesses a worse prognosis than adenocarcinoma. We report a case of locally advanced SCC of the gallbladder. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4506901/ /pubmed/26236536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/424650 Text en Copyright © 2015 Timothy J. Weatherall et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Weatherall, Timothy J.
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Dickson, Paxton V.
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Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
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title_full Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
title_fullStr Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
title_full_unstemmed Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
title_short Locally Advanced, Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
title_sort locally advanced, unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506901/
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