Muscle metastases from gallbladder cancer

Gallbladder cancer is a highly fatal disease with poor prognosis; indeed, a high proportion of tumours are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Metastases are commonly detected in regional lymph nodes, liver and peritoneum, but unusual sites of spread such as thyroid and breast have also been described in the literature. We report a case of unsuspected muscle metastases, associated to pulmonary metastases, detected by FDG-PET/CT in a patient with previously removed gallbladder cancer and persistent episodes of haemoptysis. Copyright: © the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience.

Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Titolo: Muscle metastases from gallbladder cancer
Autori: Gilardi, L.; Paganelli, Giovanni
Rivista: ECANCERMEDICALSCIENCE
Parole Chiave: Oncology; Cancer Research
Abstract in inglese: Gallbladder cancer is a highly fatal disease with poor prognosis; indeed, a high proportion of tumours are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Metastases are commonly detected in regional lymph nodes, liver and peritoneum, but unusual sites of spread such as thyroid and breast have also been described in the literature. We report a case of unsuspected muscle metastases, associated to pulmonary metastases, detected by FDG-PET/CT in a patient with previously removed gallbladder cancer and persistent episodes of haemoptysis. Copyright: © the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3332/ecancer.2011.236
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2378303
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