(Murcia : F. Hernández, 1987) Herrera-Goepfert, Roberto; Manrique Ortega, José de Jesús; Rodríguez-Martínez, Hector Abelardo
The case of a 60-year-old woman with a fiveyear
history of abdominal pain, jaundice, and weight loss
is presented. On physical examination a hard mass on her
right flank was evident. She died under unknown
circumstances while she was waiting to be examined.
At post-mortem examination the gallbladder was
replaced by a neoplasm and there were gallstones within
its lumen.
Histologically, the tumour was constituted by a
mixture of adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma
and undifferentiated sarcoma. The diagnosis of
carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder was established. A
review of previously reported cases is presented too.