Distal Humerus as Delayed Site of Metastasis from Small Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder
Joint Authors
Shuja, Muhammad
al-Asiri, Mushabbab
Tunio, Mutahir A.
AlSaeed, Eyad Fawzi
Ali, Asma Mohammed F.
Fatani, Hanadi
Source
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the gallbladder is a rare entity and is often seen in elderly women.
SCC of gallbladder is typically a nonsecretory carcinoid tumor without overt clinical symptoms and is often discovered at advanced stages.
SCC of gallbladder carries a dismal prognosis as compared to SCC of lung and adenocarcinoma of gallbladder.
To date, only 73 case reports have been published in the world literature.
Case Presentation.
Herein, we report a case of a 73-year-old Saudi woman who presented with one week history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain and obstructive jaundice and was found to be a case of locally advanced, metastatic SCC of gallbladder cT4N1M1 (liver, para-aortic lymph nodes, and bone).
The patient was treated with neoadjuvant etoposide and cisplatin (EP) chemotherapy three cycles after biliary stenting followed by radical cholecystectomy, lymphadenectomy, and adjuvant EP chemotherapy and then one year later developed distal humerus osseous metastasis.
Conclusion.
SCC of the gallbladder is very rare entity and is often seen at advanced stages.
Osseous metastases of peripheral skeleton from SCC gallbladder are rarely reported.
Surgery is curative option but only for early stage tumors.
Incorporation of chemotherapy along with radical resection increases the survival.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tunio, Mutahir A.& al-Asiri, Mushabbab& Ali, Asma Mohammed F.& AlSaeed, Eyad Fawzi& Shuja, Muhammad& Fatani, Hanadi. 2013. Distal Humerus as Delayed Site of Metastasis from Small Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tunio, Mutahir A.…[et al.]. Distal Humerus as Delayed Site of Metastasis from Small Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tunio, Mutahir A.& al-Asiri, Mushabbab& Ali, Asma Mohammed F.& AlSaeed, Eyad Fawzi& Shuja, Muhammad& Fatani, Hanadi. Distal Humerus as Delayed Site of Metastasis from Small Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005725
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1005725