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Gallbladder sarcoma

MedGen UID:
232227
•Concept ID:
C1333757
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: gall bladder sarcoma; Gallbladder Sarcoma; gallbladder sarcoma; malignant mesenchymal tumor of gallbladder; malignant mesenchymal tumour of gallbladder; sarcoma of gall bladder; Sarcoma of Gallbladder; sarcoma of gallbladder; Sarcoma of the Gallbladder; sarcoma of the gallbladder
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002857

Definition

A malignant soft tissue neoplasm that arises from the gallbladder. Representative examples include Kaposi sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Primary spindle cell sarcoma of gallbladder: An unusual case report and a literature review.
Long X, Chen Y, Chen WX, Wu Y, Song J, Chen J, Zhang L
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Jan 14;101(2):e28549. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028549. PMID: 35029216Free PMC Article
Gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathological study of seven cases from the UK and Austria with emphasis on morphological subtypes.
Husain EA, Prescott RJ, Haider SA, Al-Mahmoud RW, Zelger BG, Zelger B, Al-Daraji WI
Dig Dis Sci 2009 Feb;54(2):395-400. Epub 2008 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s10620-008-0358-z. PMID: 18618258

Diagnosis

Primary spindle cell sarcoma of gallbladder: An unusual case report and a literature review.
Long X, Chen Y, Chen WX, Wu Y, Song J, Chen J, Zhang L
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Jan 14;101(2):e28549. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028549. PMID: 35029216Free PMC Article
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the gallbladder: first reported case.
da Costa AC, Santa-Cruz F, Sena BF, Lopes A, Leite N, da Paz AR, Ferraz ÁAB, Figueiredo JL
World J Surg Oncol 2018 Nov 12;16(1):221. doi: 10.1186/s12957-018-1520-5. PMID: 30419915Free PMC Article
Primary gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases, heterogeneous sarcomas with poor outcome, except pediatric botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma.
Al-Daraji WI, Makhlouf HR, Miettinen M, Montgomery EA, Goodman ZD, Marwaha JS, Fanburg-Smith JC
Am J Surg Pathol 2009 Jun;33(6):826-34. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181937bb3. PMID: 19194282
Gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathological study of seven cases from the UK and Austria with emphasis on morphological subtypes.
Husain EA, Prescott RJ, Haider SA, Al-Mahmoud RW, Zelger BG, Zelger B, Al-Daraji WI
Dig Dis Sci 2009 Feb;54(2):395-400. Epub 2008 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s10620-008-0358-z. PMID: 18618258

Prognosis

Primary gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases, heterogeneous sarcomas with poor outcome, except pediatric botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma.
Al-Daraji WI, Makhlouf HR, Miettinen M, Montgomery EA, Goodman ZD, Marwaha JS, Fanburg-Smith JC
Am J Surg Pathol 2009 Jun;33(6):826-34. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181937bb3. PMID: 19194282
Gallbladder sarcoma: a clinicopathological study of seven cases from the UK and Austria with emphasis on morphological subtypes.
Husain EA, Prescott RJ, Haider SA, Al-Mahmoud RW, Zelger BG, Zelger B, Al-Daraji WI
Dig Dis Sci 2009 Feb;54(2):395-400. Epub 2008 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s10620-008-0358-z. PMID: 18618258

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