Gallbladder Carcinoma, the Difficulty of Early Detection: A Case Report

Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is an uncommon malignancy with a high mortality rate. Detecting gallbladder carcinoma in its early stages can be difficult, despite improvements in ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) imaging. Most diagnoses of GBC are made at advanced stages, with the majority being ...

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Autores principales: Graff, Andrew E, Lewis, Stephen L, Bear, Jonathan R, Van Echo, David C, Dainer, Hugh M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4792642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27014527
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.493
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author Graff, Andrew E
Lewis, Stephen L
Bear, Jonathan R
Van Echo, David C
Dainer, Hugh M
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description Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is an uncommon malignancy with a high mortality rate. Detecting gallbladder carcinoma in its early stages can be difficult, despite improvements in ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) imaging. Most diagnoses of GBC are made at advanced stages, with the majority being found incidentally during surgery for cholelithiasis. The presented case demonstrates the difficulty of diagnosing GBC preoperatively in its early stages.
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spelling pubmed-47926422016-03-24 Gallbladder Carcinoma, the Difficulty of Early Detection: A Case Report Graff, Andrew E Lewis, Stephen L Bear, Jonathan R Van Echo, David C Dainer, Hugh M Cureus Radiology Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is an uncommon malignancy with a high mortality rate. Detecting gallbladder carcinoma in its early stages can be difficult, despite improvements in ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) imaging. Most diagnoses of GBC are made at advanced stages, with the majority being found incidentally during surgery for cholelithiasis. The presented case demonstrates the difficulty of diagnosing GBC preoperatively in its early stages. Cureus 2016-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4792642/ /pubmed/27014527 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.493 Text en Copyright © 2016, Graff et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gallbladder Carcinoma, the Difficulty of Early Detection: A Case Report
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title_full Gallbladder Carcinoma, the Difficulty of Early Detection: A Case Report
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title_short Gallbladder Carcinoma, the Difficulty of Early Detection: A Case Report
title_sort gallbladder carcinoma, the difficulty of early detection: a case report
topic Radiology
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