Mucinous adenocarcinoma originating in localized type adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder

摘要

@@ Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder (GBA) has been defined as an acquired disease characterized by hyperplastic extension of the surface epithelium into, and often beyond, the thickened gallbladder muscular layer (Rokitansky-Aschoff's sinuses, or RA sinuses).1 It is reported as a lesion with no risk of malignant transformation.2 In recent years, however, a few cases of GBA associated with carcinoma have been reported.3-7 We present another case of mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from GBA.