A case report: A resected case of mucinous carcinoma of gallbladder with long-term survival

Abstract

A patient was a 78-year-old woman who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder stones and gall bladder polyp. Pathological findings revealed well differentiated mucinous carcinoma of gallbladder invading the subserosal layer. We secondarily conducted liver bed resection and regional lymph node dissection. Postoperative course was uneventful, and she has received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 and gemcitabine for six months. A patient survived without recurrence for more than 5 years after surgery. Mucinous carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare among the histological types of gallbladder carcinoma, and we report our rare case together with a review of domestic cases.