Long-Term Survival of an Elderly Patient with Carcinosarcoma of the Gallbladder after Cholecystectomy

Carcinosarcomas, often referred to as malignant mixed tumors, are rare neoplasm. We reported herein a carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder in an elderly patient with long-term survival (4 years). The operation carried out was open cholecystectomy under the preoperative diagnosis of chronic cholecystiti...

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Main Authors: Takashi Kohtani, Jun Masuda, Toshiko Hisaki, Kouichi Shimase, Kunio Mizuguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2009-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/229592