Correlative imaging in gallbladder carcinoma

• Published in: JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) Vol. 97; no. 5; pp. 291 - 294
• Main Authors: Willekens, I, Goethals, L R, Brussaard, C, Verdries, D, de Mey, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Belgium Ubiquity Press 01-09-2014
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cholecystography - methods; Contrast Media; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatal Outcome; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Gallbladder; Gallbladder - diagnostic imaging; Gallbladder Neoplasms - diagnosis; Gallbladder Neoplasms - drug therapy; Gallbladder Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Iohexol - analogs & derivatives; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; neoplasms; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Radiopharmaceuticals; Ultrasonography
• ISSN: 0302-7430; 2514-8281; 2514-8281
• DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.1332

Gallbladder carcinoma is a relatively rare malignant epithelial neoplasm, arising from gallbladder mucosa. It is the fifth most common gastrointestinal malignancy and the most common biliary tract cancer. Early diagnosis remains difficult, because clinical symptoms are sparse and non-specific, often resulting in advanced stage disease at the time of diagnosis. The most common feature of gallbladder carcinoma on different imaging modalities is focal wall thickening, associated with a large eccentric tumor mass. In this case we report the imaging characteristics of gallbladder carcinoma on ultrasound, MDCT and 18F-FDG PET/CT.