Gallbladder Cancer

GALL BLADDER CANCER

About Gallbladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is a common type of cancer that begins in the cells of the bladder. The bladder is a hollow muscular organ in your lower abdomen that stores urine. Bladder cancer most often begins in the cells (urothelial cells) that line the inside of your bladder.

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Obesity

Cause of Cancer

Choledochal cyst

Chemical exposure

Bile duct abnormalities

Gallstones

Gallbladder polyps

Porcelain gallbladder with calcium deposits on the gallbladder wall

Typhoid fever, the chronic infection caused by salmonella poisoning

Adenosquamous carcinoma

Types of Gall Bladder Cancer

Squamous cell carcinoma

Small cell carcinoma

Sarcoma

symptoms of Gallbladder cancer

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Abdominal pain, usually in the upper right abdomen or upper right abdomen

Jaundice, yellow skin or white eyes

Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, bloating, severe itching or darkening, tarry

Diagnosing gallbladder cancer

• CT scan

• Ultrasound

• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

• Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC)

• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

• Biopsy