A case in which ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was useful in the diagnosis of liver metastasis of gallbladder cancer

A 79-year-old man had undergone an extended cholecystectomy (pStage I) for gallbladder cancer three years previously. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a 25-mm hypovascularized hepatic mass in the left lateral lobe. Because we would not have been able to obtain adequate samples from the l...

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Published inProgress of Digestive Endoscopy Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 140 - 142
Main Authors Inada, Ayako, Toki, Masao, Yamada, Takahiro, Kawamoto, Sho, Kambayashi, Komei, Nosaka, Takeshi, Ochiai, Kazushige, Gondo, Koichi, Watanabe, Shunsuke, Hayashi, Akimasa, Shimoyamada, Hiroaki, Shibahara, Junji, Hisamatsu, Tadakazu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society Kanto Chapter 30.06.2023
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Summary:A 79-year-old man had undergone an extended cholecystectomy (pStage I) for gallbladder cancer three years previously. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed a 25-mm hypovascularized hepatic mass in the left lateral lobe. Because we would not have been able to obtain adequate samples from the lesion using ultrasound-guided biopsy, we performed ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). The patient was diagnosed with liver metastasis secondary to gallbladder cancer. Our findings suggest that EUS-FNA may be useful for the histological diagnosis of left hepatic lobe lesions that are difficult to puncture percutaneously.
ISSN:1348-9844
2187-4999
DOI:10.11641/pde.102.1_140