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(Created page with "'''Organ''': Liver and gallbladder '''Description''': The gallbladder bears signs of chronic cholecystitis – it’s whitish, thickened, fibrotic and adhered to the liver. The liver contains many metastases. They’re visible as large, greyish foci on the front and on the back of the preparation. '''Diagnosis''': Adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder with metastasis to the liver '''Causes''': * Cholelithiasis -> chronic cholecystitis -> adenocarcinoma '''Theory''':...") |
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'''Organ''': Liver and gallbladder | [[File:Gallbladder cancer prep front.jpg|thumb|Gallbladder cancer prep front]]'''Organ''': Liver and gallbladder | ||
'''Description''': | '''Description''': | ||
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* Cholelithiasis -> chronic cholecystitis -> adenocarcinoma | * Cholelithiasis -> chronic cholecystitis -> adenocarcinoma | ||
'''Theory''': | '''Theory''':[[File:Gallbladder cancer prep back.jpg|thumb|Gallbladder cancer prep back]]Gallbladder adenocarcinoma is a type of extrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma. The cell type of origin is the cholangiocyte, the cell type that lines the bile ducts. | ||
Gallbladder adenocarcinoma is a type of extrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma. The cell type of origin is the cholangiocyte, the cell type that lines the bile ducts. | |||
On this preparation is there actually no macroscopic sign of tumor on the gallbladder itself, however because we can see metastases on the liver can we know that there is actually a gallbladder tumor here. | On this preparation is there actually no macroscopic sign of tumor on the gallbladder itself, however because we can see metastases on the liver can we know that there is actually a gallbladder tumor here. | ||
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Macropreparations]] | [[Category:Pathology 2 - Macropreparations]] | ||