Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder: case report and review of literature.
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2001-07-30
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Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder is a very rare tumor. The neoplasm is highly lethal, metastasizes early, and may cause death shortly after diagnosis. Here we report a 56 year old male with small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder metastatic to the liver. He attained partial remission with 5 fluouracil, cisplatin based chemotherapy. However, the disease progressed after 3 months and salvage chemotherapy with docetaxel and caboplatin failed to produce any tumour response. He succumbed to the illness 13 months after cholecystectomy.
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Pavithran K, Doval DC, Vaid AK, Verma RN. Small cell carcinoma of the gall bladder: case report and review of literature. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2001 Jul-Sep; 22(3): 170-1