Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions BILIARY TRACT Case #6 - A 69 year old woman presents with vague intermittent right upper quadrant pain DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 7.) Are there any other things that may predispose to gallbladder carcinoma? Other things possibly predisposing to gallbladder cancer: a. Porcelain gallbladder: 15-60% incidence of concurrent cancer b. Adenomas larger than 1.2 cm c. Long common channel (pancreaticobiliary duct) with reflux of pancreatic juice into biliary tree and acting as a carcinogen
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