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Postmenopausal bleeding and vaginal nodules as the first presenting sign of adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

  • O. Triolo1,*,
  • F. Antico1
  • A. Mancuso1
  • V. Salimbeni1
  • P.A. Nicotina1

1Department of Gynecological, Obstetrical Sciences and Reproductive Medicine Department of Human Pathology University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina, Italy

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200505543 Vol.26,Issue 5,September 2005 pp.543-544

Published: 10 September 2005

*Corresponding Author(s): O. Triolo E-mail:

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Abstract

Vaginal submucosal nodules were observed in a 67-year-old woman, with ultrasonographic features of an advanced uterine neoplasm. On biopsy, light microscopy suggested that the lesions might be metastatic foci from an extragenital cancer, with a prevalent tubular growth pattern. Parallel immunohistochemical reactions revealed a diffuse, strong CA 19-9 positivity in both the cell membrane and cytoplasm. Subsequently, high serum levels of such tumor marker were also found, and an extragenital cancer was suspected of pancreatic or biliary origin. A mass in the gallbladder fossa was then detected by computed tomography and a primary gallbladder adenocarcinoma was confirmed on ultrasound-guided biopsy.

Keywords

Vaginal metastatic cancer; Gallbladder adenocarcinoma; Gallbladder genital metastases; CA 19-9-expressing neoplasm

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O. Triolo,F. Antico,A. Mancuso,V. Salimbeni,P.A. Nicotina. Postmenopausal bleeding and vaginal nodules as the first presenting sign of adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2005. 26(5);543-544.

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