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Kumagai H, Umemura A, Nitta H, Katagiri H, Nishiya M, Uesugi N, Sugai T, Sasaki A. Extensively Invasive Gallbladder Cancer from Intracholecystic Papillary Neoplasm Treated with Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Extended Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Case Rep Surg 2023; 2023:5825045. [PMID: 37396494 PMCID: PMC10314817 DOI: 10.1155/2023/5825045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Background Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is a rare tumor first classified by the World Health Organization in 2010. ICPN is a counterpart of the intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas and intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct. Previous reports on ICPN are limited; thus, the diagnosis, surgical intervention, and prognosis are controversial. Here, we report an extensively invasive gallbladder cancer arising in ICPN treated with pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD) and extended cholecystectomy. Case Presentation. A 75-year-old man presented to another hospital with jaundice for 1 month. Laboratory findings showed elevated total bilirubin, 10.6 mg/dL and carbohydrate antigen 19-9, 54.8 U/mL. Computed tomography showed a well-enhanced tumor located in the distal bile duct and dilated hepatic bile duct. The gallbladder wall was thickened and homogeneously enhanced. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed a filling defect in the distal common bile duct, and intraductal ultrasonography showed a papillary tumor in the common bile duct, indicating tumor invasion of the bile duct subserosa. Subsequent bile duct brush cytology revealed adenocarcinoma. The patient was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment and underwent an open PPPD. Intraoperative findings showed a thickened and indurated gallbladder wall, suggesting concurrent gallbladder cancer; thus, the patient subsequently underwent PPPD and extended cholecystectomy. Histopathological findings confirmed gallbladder carcinoma originating from ICPN, which extensively invaded the liver, common bile duct, and pancreas. The patient started adjuvant chemotherapy (tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) 1 month after surgery and had no recurrence at follow-up after 1 year. Conclusions Accurate preoperative diagnosis of ICPN, including the extent of tumor invasion is challenging. To ensure complete curability, the development of an optimal surgical strategy considering preoperative examinations and intraoperative findings is essential.
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- Hideki Kumagai
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan
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Giant Gallbladder Tumor, Unusual Cancer-Case Report and Short Review of Literature. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13020194. [PMID: 36673003 PMCID: PMC9857600 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13020194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Giant gallbladder is an uncommon condition that can result from a benign pathology and rarely presents with malignancy. Intracholecystic papillary-tubular neoplasm (ICPN) is a relatively new entity first described by V. Adsay in 2012 and included in the World Health Classification of Digestive System Tumours in 2019. Intracholecystic papillary-tubular neoplasm is a preinvasive lesion with an incidence of around 1% that may present as four histologic subtypes-biliary, gastric, intestinal, or oncocytic-of which the biliary subtype has the highest risk of associated invasive cancer. Although invasive carcinoma is present in about 50% of cases of ICPN, these patients have a significantly better prognosis than those with usual gallbladder cancer, suggesting that the entities may have distinct biological signatures. CASE REPORT A 77-year-old female presented to the hospital with progressive swelling in the right hemiabdomen, a loss of appetite, and weight loss. MRI highlighted a giant abdominal tumor located in the right hypochondrium and right abdominal flank with liver invasion (segment V). Preoperatively, a gallbladder 25 × 17 cm in size was noted, and the patient underwent radical cholecystectomy. It was surprising to find such a giant malignant gallbladder tumor, diagnosed as invasive poorly cohesive carcinoma associated with ICPN. DISCUSSION A megacholecyst is a rare discovery. Although most often found in benign pathologies, giant gallbladder cancer can be considered. The neoplastic features and the loco-regional extension of the tumor must be evaluated by imaging scans. Few cases of giant benign gallbladder have been reported in the literature; however, this appeared to be the largest resectable gallbladder carcinoma reported to date according to the literature. CONCLUSION The stage of gallbladder neoplasia is not correlated with the size of the gallbladder. Regardless of tumor size, the prognosis seems to be directly related to the stage, morphology, and resectability.
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Magnetic Resonance Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for Detecting Fundal Intracholecystic Papillary Neoplasm inside Rokitansky-Aschoff Sinuses: A Comparison of Two Cases and a Literature Review. RADIATION 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/radiation2010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses (RAS) are a common imaging finding in gallbladder adenomyomatosis (ADM), often presenting as fundal cystic spaces. Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is a relatively uncommon pre-invasive tumor of the gallbladder epithelium that rarely involves RAS mucosa. We compare two cases that showed similar fundal cystic spaces resembling RAS, in which Magnetic Resonance Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (MR-DWI) was valuable for detecting (or ruling out) an underlying malignant ICPN. Evidence from the literature overall supports the role of MR-DWI for detecting intracholecystic malignant tissue.
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Aida T, Tsunematsu M, Furukawa K, Haruki K, Shirai Y, Onda S, Toyama Y, Gomisawa K, Takahashi H, Ikegami T. Intracystic papillary neoplasm of the gallbladder concomitant with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: a case report. Surg Case Rep 2021; 7:229. [PMID: 34693483 PMCID: PMC8542520 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-021-01312-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The intracystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is a newly established disease concept. It has been regarded as a preinvasive neoplastic lesion, similar to intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas. Limited information is available on the clinical and imaging features of ICPN. CASE PRESENTATION A 65-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for assessment of a gallbladder tumor. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a papillary tumor in the fundus of the gallbladder with irregular thickening of the gallbladder wall that spread into the cystic duct. The boundary between the tumor and liver was unclear. The patient was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer with liver invasion. We performed extended cholecystectomy with liver bed resection after confirming the absence of cancer cells in the resection margin of the cystic duct. After pathological examination, the tumor was diagnosed as an ICPN with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 8 with no complications. CONCLUSIONS We have described a rare case of ICPN concomitant with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis. Clinicians should include ICPN as a differential diagnosis in patients with a papillary or polypoid tumor in the gallbladder.
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- Takashi Aida
- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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- Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan
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Rowan DJ, Pehlivanoglu B, Memis B, Bagci P, Erbarut I, Dursun N, Jang KT, Sarmiento J, Mucientes F, Cheng JD, Roa JC, Araya JC, Bellolio E, Losada H, Jang JY, Koshiol J, Reid MD, Basturk O, Adsay V. Mural Intracholecystic Neoplasms Arising in Adenomyomatous Nodules of the Gallbladder: An Analysis of 19 Examples of a Clinicopathologically Distinct Entity. Am J Surg Pathol 2020; 44:1649-1657. [PMID: 33060404 PMCID: PMC7658044 DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000001603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intracholecystic neoplasms (ICNs) (pyloric gland adenomas and intracholecystic papillary neoplasms, collectively also called intracholecystic papillary/tubular neoplasms) form multifocal, extensive proliferations on the gallbladder mucosa and have a high propensity for invasion (>50%). In this study, 19 examples of a poorly characterized phenomenon, mural papillary mucinous lesions that arise in adenomyomatous nodules and form localized ICNs, were analyzed. Two of these were identified in 1750 consecutive cholecystectomies reviewed specifically for this purpose, placing its incidence at 0.1%. Median age was 68 years. Unlike other gallbladder lesions, these were slightly more common in men (female/male=0.8), and 55% had documented cholelithiasis. All were characterized by a compact multilocular, demarcated, cystic lesion with papillary proliferations and mucinous epithelial lining. The lesions' architecture, distribution, location, and typical size were suggestive of evolution from an underlying adenomyomatous nodule. All had gastric/endocervical-like mucinous epithelium, but 5 also had a focal intestinal-like epithelium. Cytologic atypia was graded as 1 to 3 and defined as 1A: mucinous, without cytoarchitectural atypia (n=3), 1B: mild (n=7), 2: moderate (n=2), and 3: severe atypia (n=7, 3 of which also had invasive carcinoma, 16%). Background gallbladder mucosal involvement was absent in all but 2 cases, both of which had multifocal papillary mucosal nodules. In conclusion, these cases highlight a distinct clinicopathologic entity, that is, mural ICNs arising in adenomyomatous nodules, which, by essentially sparing the "main" mucosa, not displaying "field-effect/defect" phenomenon, and only rarely (16%) showing carcinomatous transformation, are analogous to pancreatic branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
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- Daniel J. Rowan
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pathology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Hernan Henriquez Aravena, Department of Pathology, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Surgery and Traumatology, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, NCI, NIH, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Pathology, Koç University Hospital and Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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Muranushi R, Saito H, Matsumoto A, Kato T, Tanaka N, Nakazato K, Morinaga N, Shitara Y, Ishizaki M, Yoshida T, Aishima S, Shirabe K. A case report of intracholecystic papillary neoplasm of the gallbladder resembling a submucosal tumor. Surg Case Rep 2018; 4:124. [PMID: 30264362 PMCID: PMC6160379 DOI: 10.1186/s40792-018-0524-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is defined as papillary tumors detected macroscopically in the gallbladder. We report a case of ICPN which exhibited the atypical form like a submucosal tumor. CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of hepatic disorder. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed irregular thickening of the wall within the gallbladder fundus. Because the lesion might have been malignant, we performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy and liver bed resection. Macroscopic findings showed the mucosal surface of the tumor was smooth, and its form was similar to that of a submucosal tumor. Histopathological examination revealed papillary tumors within the mass with low-grade dysplasia; therefore, we diagnosed ICPN. CONCLUSION In the present case, ICPN was resembling a submucosal tumor macroscopically because the tumors arose into the Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus and the adenomyomatous hyperplasia was merged with the ICPN. It is necessary to consider the possibility of tumor lesions within adenomyomatous hyperplasia.
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- Ryo Muranushi
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Fujioka General Hospital, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Saga University, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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Mizobuchi N, Munechika J, Takeyama N, Ohgiya Y, Ohike N, Abe R, Takahama N, Miyagami O, Hatano K, Ishizuka K, Hirose M, Gokan T. Three cases of intracystic papillary neoplasm of gallbladder. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2018; 43:1535-1539. [PMID: 29623349 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-018-1595-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Intracystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) of gallbladder is a comparatively new concept and is described as pre-malignant lesions in Nakanuma et al. (In: Bosman et al. (eds) WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System, World Health Organization of Tumours, IARC, Lyon, 2010). ICPN with high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia is understood to include intraepithelial carcinoma or noninvasive carcinoma. And lesions with invasive cancer components are classified as ICPN with an associated invasive carcinoma [1]. According to Adsay et al., more than half of patients diagnosed with ICPN have invasive cancer components (Adsay et al., Am J Surg Pathol 36:1279-1301, 2012).Polypoid masses in the gallbladder including benign, malignant, and non-neoplastic lesions have been called gallbladder polyps, and ICPN is also a polypoid lesion in the gallbladder. However, it is difficult to differentiate between them. In the literature, it is said that the possibility of malignancy is high in lesions exceeding 1 cm (Terzi et al., Surgery 127:622-627, 2000). And there are few reports on characteristic imaging findings of ICPN.We have experienced three cases (two females and one male) of ICPN and report our imaging findings. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed large papillary polypoid lesions approximately 2-4 cm in size in the gallbladder. Findings suggestive of deformation of the gallbladder wall and extrinsic progression were absent in all cases. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed intense signals and diffusion-weighted imaging showed high intensity. Expanding of the gallbladder was seen in case 1, and a tumor stalk-like appearance was seen in the papillary mass in cases 2 and 3. Surgery was performed in all three cases and ICPN was diagnosed pathologically. The cancer was localized to the mucosa, with no infiltration of surrounding tissue in all three cases.
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Intracystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is a preinvasive neoplasm of the gallbladder. Preoperative discrimination between ICPN and gallbladder cancer (GC) is difficult. The standard surgical strategy for ICPN has not yet been established. Herein, we report a case of ICPN with an associated invasive adenocarcinoma. A gallbladder tumor was detected by abdominal ultrasonography in an asymptomatic 69-year-old man, and he was referred to our hospital. Although computed tomography (CT), endoscopic ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings in the present case were similar to those for GC, positron emission tomography-CT revealed that fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) did not accumulate within the tumor. These imaging features suggested that patient was suspected to have GC with serosal invasion, and he underwent extended cholecystectomy and D2 lymph node dissection. He did not develop any postoperative complications, and he was discharged on postoperative day 7. There was no evidence of recurrence for 20 months after surgery. Histopathologic examination confirmed ICPN with an associated invasive adenocarcinoma. Because a previous study reported that almost half of ICPNs more than 1.0 cm in size often developed invasive cancer as our case, ICPNs more than 1.0 cm should be suspected of developing invasive carcinoma regardless of positive or negative accumulation of FDG.
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