A Case Report of Carcinoid Tumor of the Gallbladder

Takuo Shinozaki, Masahiro Fujimoto, Shun-ichi Matsukawa, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Hashimoto, Tomayoshi Hayashi*, Nobuo Tsuda*

Department of Surgery, Shimabara Onsen Hospital
*Pathology Division, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Nagasaki University Hospital

We report a case of carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder in a 49-year-old woman. The tumor was a solid mass, measuring 8.3×6.3 cm. The tumor was diagnosed histologically as an atypical carcinoid, with negative reaction to Grimelius staining and immunohistologically positive for neuron-specific enolase. Electronmicroscopy of the tumor cells revealed a few neurosecretory granules in the cytoplasm. For metastatic liver tumors, the patient was treated with hepatic arterial infusion of 5-FU. Adriamycin, Mitomycin C. She is alive 2 years and 5 months after the operation although hepatic metastases have been developed.

Key words
carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder, atypical tumor

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Takuo Shinozaki Department of Surgery, Shimabara Onsen Hospital
7895 Shimokawajiri-cho, Shimabara, 855 JAPAN

Accepted
March 11, 1992

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