Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder
Joint Authors
Chammout, Anwar
Ghabally, Mike
Masri, Christina
Tantak, Nour
Ward, Fadi
Omar, Ghefar
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-06-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) of the gallbladder is an extremely rare entity.
Most reported cases were mistakenly diagnosed preoperatively as cholecystitis with or without cholelithiasis.
We believe that our article demonstrates the 5th case of gallbladder LMS that was suspected preoperatively to be malignant rather than cholecystitis, which fortunately led to radical resection of the tumor instead of simple cholecystectomy.
However, the definitive diagnosis relies exclusively on histological and immunohistochemical techniques.
We present a case of a 62-year-old Caucasian female complaining of signs and symptoms suggestive for cholecystitis.
On ultrasonography, the gallbladder appeared enlarged and filled with a necrotic mass; thus, the presence of adenocarcinoma was suspected.
Multislice Computerized Tomography (MSCT) demonstrated no distant metastasis.
An extensive radical cholecystectomy was performed, and histological techniques confirmed a leiomyosarcoma diagnosis.
In addition, adjuvant chemotherapy of doxorubicin and ifosfamide was administrated.
The patient was on follow-up for 2 years and is doing well till date.
The discrimination of gallbladder sarcoma preoperatively remains a clinical and radiological challenge.
Although radical resection of the tumor remains the mainstay of the treatment, we believe that adjuvant chemotherapy should be administrated in such cases.
However, further studies are required in this field.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chammout, Anwar& Ghabally, Mike& Masri, Christina& Tantak, Nour& Ward, Fadi& Omar, Ghefar. 2020. Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chammout, Anwar…[et al.]. Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Chammout, Anwar& Ghabally, Mike& Masri, Christina& Tantak, Nour& Ward, Fadi& Omar, Ghefar. Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Gallbladder. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149367
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1149367