Gallbladder carcinoma with a large monolocular cystic cancerous component.

The monolocular cystic formation associated with gallbladder carcinoma is an extremely rare condition. A 79-year-old female suffering from upper abdominal pain and distention was admitted to our hospital. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a monolocular cyst with an irregular wall thickness of 15 cm in diameter concomitant with a solid mass of 8 cm in diameter around the gallbladder bed.

Signet ring cell carcinoma of the lower bile duct with rapid growth: report of a case.

Signet ring cell carcinoma occurring in the biliary tract is extremely rare. We herein report the case of a 78-year-old Japanese woman demonstrating signet ring cell carcinoma of the lower bile duct with a rapid growth. Computed tomography of the pancreas head pointed out a circular thickness in the lower bile ductal wall and stenosis of the common bile duct.

[Combination chemotherapy with oral TS-1 and low-dose CPT-11 by hepatic arterial infusion for multiple hepatic metastases from colon cancer--a case report].

Combined chemotherapy consisting of oral TS-1 and low-dose CPT-11 by hepatic arterial infusion is suggested to be a new effective treatment for multiple liver metastases from colorectal cancer. A 53-year-old man was diagnosed with multiple hepatic metastases from advanced colon cancer (Stage IV). The patient underwent partial resection of the colon and catheter insertion into hepatic artery for arterial infusion in November 2003.