2025 Volume 39 Issue 5 Pages 735-743
Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm (ICPN) is a precancerous lesion of gallbladder carcinoma newly defined in the 2010 WHO classification. However, its preoperative diagnosis and optimal treatment remain unclear. This study retrospectively analyzed 47 cases of gallbladder carcinoma that underwent curative resection at our department from 2010 to 2023, including eight cases (17%) of ICPN-derived carcinoma. These were classified into gastric (3 cases), intestinal (1 case), and pancreatobiliary (4 cases) types. Compared to conventional gallbladder carcinoma, there were no significant differences in clinicopathological features or disease-free survival rates. Malignant cells were detected in 2 of 6 cytology cases, but no cases were preoperatively diagnosed as ICPN. Although preoperative diagnosis is challenging, ICPN-derived gallbladder carcinoma shows a prognosis similar to conventional cases, and a surgical approach similar to that for conventional gallbladder carcinoma is desirable.