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Conformal radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of gallbladder: a case report.
[carcinoma of the gallbladder]
Background
.
Squamous
cell
carcinoma
of
the
gallbladder
is
a
rare
disease
with
symptoms
developing
late
in
its
course
,
so
that
it
often
presents
as
an
aggressive
tumor
with
a
poor
prognosis
.
Case
report
.
We
describe
a
58
-
year
-old
male
with
a
5
-
week
history
of
hypodynamia
.
He
was
found
to
have
squamous
cell
carcinoma
of
the
gallbladder
with
liver
invasion
and
lymph
node
metastases
.
He
underwent
treatment
with
3
-
dimensional
conformal
radiation
therapy
(
CRT
)
.
A
follow-up
computer
tomography
(
CT
)
scan
showed
complete
tumor
remission
2
months
after
the
completion
of
CRT
.
The
patient
survived
for
14
months
after
the
end
of
treatment
and
died
of
multiple
liver
metastases
.
Conclusion
.
The
efficacy
of
radiotherapy
in
this
case
is
encouraging
and
suggests
a
potential
role
for
such
therapy
in
similar
cases
.
The
benefit
in
terms
of
survival
warrants
further
study
.
