Table 1 Reported cases of gallbladder metastasis from gastric cancer in Japan
Case | Year | Age | Sex | Gastric cancer | Gallbladder | Metastatic pathway | Cause of death | Duration/Prognosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Histological type | Ly | V | N | Dissemination | Preoperative diagnosis | Macroscopic findings | |||||||
1 | 1990 | 44 | M | Por | 2 | 0 | 3 | + | GB polyps | SMT | L | Carcinomatous meningitis | 8 months/Death |
2 | 1996 | 54 | M | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | SMT | ND | ND | ND |
3 | 1996 | 63 | F | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | SMT | ND | ND | ND |
4 | 1999 | 62 | M | Sig | 2 | 2 | 1 | ND | GB stones | – | ND | DIC | 4.5 months/Death |
5 | 2002 | 86 | F | Adenosquamous | 3 | 2 | 1 | + | WT | WT | L | Acute renal failure | 30 days/Death |
6 | 2006 | 88 | M | Endocrine | 3 | 2 | 2 | − | NA | – | L or H | 8 months/Alive | |
7 | 2007 | 54 | M | Por | 2 | 1 | 2 | − | GB stones | WT | L | Obstructive jaundice Carcinomatous peritonitis | 5 months/Death |
8 | 2008 | 71 | M | Tub2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | + | GB stones | – | L | Carcinomatous peritonitis Pneumonia | 53 days/Death |
9 | 2008 | 76 | M | Por | 2 | 2 | 1 | − | NA | – | H | Bone metastasis Weakness | 43 days/Death |
10 | 2009 | 54 | M | Por | 2 | 1 | 3 | ND | GB stones | SMT | L | 3 years/Alive | |
11 | 2011 | 66 | F | Por | 1 | 0 | 1 | − | NA | – | L | 13 months/Alive | |
12 | 2013 | 50 | F | Tub2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | − | Primary GB tumor | WT | L | 33 months/Alive | |
13 | 2014 | 68 | F | Sig | 3 | 1 | 2 | − | Primary GB tumor | WT | L | 24 months/Alive | |
14 | 2014 | 62 | F | Por | 3 | 2 | 3 | − | NA | SMT | L | Recurrence of cancer | 9 months/Death |
15 | 2014 | 55 | M | Tub2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | − | GB metastasis | SMT | L or H | ND | |
16 | 2019 | 66 | F | Por + tub2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | − | GB stones Adenomyomatosis | SMT | L | Lymphangitis carcinomatosa | 7 months/Death |
17 | 2020 | 71 | M | Sig | 0 | + | 3 | − | GB stones | – | L | Death of cancer | 199 days/Death |
18 | 2021 | 84 | M | Por | ND | ND | ND | + | Acute cholecystitis | WT | Peritoneal dissemination | ND/Alive | |
Present case | 2020 | 67 | M | Sig | 1 | 0 | 3 | − | GB stones | WT | L | Lymphangitis carcinomatosa | 10 months/Death |