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Query: UMLS:C0027627 (metastases)
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A retrospective study was made of cancer of the gallbladder over a 10-year period, during which 874 operations of the biliary tract were performed, 26 for gallbladder neoplasm (2.97%). Of the 26 patients studied, 22 (84.6%) were women, mean age at appearance of the tumor being 63.9 years. In 77% of the patients the time of evolution of the symptoms was less than a year, a men of 3.6 months. The principal symptom was abdominal pain, encountered in 96% of patients, followed by nausea and vomiting (65.4%). Fifty-eight percent of patients had gallstones and 46% had metastases at the time of operation. In 23% of the patients only laparotomy and biopsy could be performed, 42% underwent cholecystectomy and 34% cholecystectomy and drainage of the biliary tract. Of the 26 patients in our study, 24 (92%) had adenocarcinoma.
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PMID:[Cancer of the gallbladder]. 271 Sep 89