Small-Cell Carcinoma of Gallbladder: An Immunocytochemical and Ultrastructural Study
- 31 May 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier BV in Pathology - Research and Practice
- Vol. 187 (4), 472-476
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80009-9
Abstract
An unusual carcinoma of the gallbladder in a seventy-one-year-old woman displayed features of a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, atypical carcinoid and small cell undifferentiated carcinoma. The patient died from progressive hepatic failure four months after surgery. Autopsy showed bulky liver masses and several peritoneal nodules exclusively composed of small, hyperchromatic cells. The neuroendocrine nature of the small cell component of the tumor was documented by the presence of neurosecretory granules at the ultrastructural level and by immunocytochemical positivity to NSE and Synaptophysin. The epithelial markers, cytokeratin and CEA, were also positive in the carcinoid and in the undifferentiated portions of the tumor. A common endodermal origin is suggested for carcinoid and small cell carcinoma of the gallbladder.Keywords
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