Intracholecystic papillary neoplasia (IPN) is a rare entity rarely described in the literature, of incidental anatomopathological diagnosis in a cholecystectomy specimen that presents a premalignant behavior, with progression to carcinoma in more than 50% of cases. In the absence of an invasive component, clinical follow-up is recommended, without associating another surgical gesture, with a 5-year prognosis (90% survival). We present a case of a patient with an incidental diagnosis of NPIC after laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to presenting a gallbladder polyp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Adrenal metastases are the most common malignant lesions of the adrenal glands and the second most common tumor after adenomas. The location of the primary tumor is described: lung (39%), breast (35%), gastrointestinal tract, among other. Several studies show that surgery improves survival in selected cases.
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