Indication and Usefulness of Bile Juice Cytology for Diagnosis of Gallbladder Cancer

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Forms of protruding type of gallbladder lesion. (a, b) A protrusion that exhibits a contrast effect is found in the gallbladder body in an abdominal CT scan image. It abruptly rises to show a pedunculated form. Classified to be a GB polyp based on the EUS image. The site was at the bottom of the gallbladder and the invasion depth was Tis, and it was a case of T1N0M0 Stage I. (c, d) Localized wall thickening that exhibits a contrast effect is found at the bottom of the gallbladder in an abdominal CT scan image. Classified to be a flat gallbladder wall thickening based on the EUS image. The site was at the bottom of the gallbladder and the invasion depth was ss, and it was a case of T2N1M0 Stage IIIb.

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