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The treatment of gallbladder malignancy has been rather unrewarding because of the difficulty in establishing diagnosis in early stage. A review of 34 cases of malignant gallbladder neoplasm encountered during the past 17 years has been made in order to aide diagnosis by careful evaluation of the case history, presenting signs, laboratory findings and radiological studies. Tenderness and a mass in right upper quadrant and nonvisualization of the gallbladder by cholecystography seem to be the most frequent presenting signs for suspecting gallbladder malignancy. Recent advance of celiac angiography seems to hold promise in establishing preoperative diagnosis thus allowing initiation of early effective treatment.
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Nakayama, F., Fujino, R., Iwamoto, T. et al. Early diagnosis of gallbladder malignancy. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 4, 96–103 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469038
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