Journal article
Skeletal Metastasis From Carcinoma of the Gall Bladder: Need for Bone Scintigraphy Justified?
Polish journal of radiology, Vol.81, pp.206-208
04/29/2016
DOI: 10.12659/PJR.895190
PMCID: PMC4865271
PMID: 27231491
Abstract
Background: Carcinoma of the gall bladder has a guarded prognosis with predominant sites of involvement being liver and regional nodes. Osseous metastasis in carcinoma of the gall bladder is rare and hence bone scintigraphy does not form a part of the routine work-up for such patients.
Case Reports: We describe two patients with carcinoma of the gall bladder with osteolytic metastasis ( stage 4). Conservative treatment was planned but both of them succumbed to the illness.
Conclusions: We thus highlight the importance of performing a bone scan or PET CT in cases of carcinoma of the gall bladder. Besides, our cases challenge Paget's seed - soil theory for sites of metastasis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Skeletal Metastasis From Carcinoma of the Gall Bladder: Need for Bone Scintigraphy Justified?
- Creators
- Yashant Aswani - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegePriya Hira - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Polish journal of radiology, Vol.81, pp.206-208
- Publisher
- Int Scientific Information Inc
- DOI
- 10.12659/PJR.895190
- PMID
- 27231491
- PMCID
- PMC4865271
- ISSN
- 0137-7183
- eISSN
- 1899-0967
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/29/2016
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984318784402771
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