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Tumors of the Gallbladder

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Gallbladder (GB) cancer is the seventh most common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract and is the most common biliary malignancy. Most carcinoma of the GB is adenocarcinomas, and its cell types can be papillary, tubular, and mucinous type in microscopic pathology. The remainder are anaplastic, squamous or adenosquamous, and neuroendocrine carcinomas.

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    Soo Jin Kim

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Kim, S.J. (2014). Tumors of the Gallbladder. In: Choi, B. (eds) Radiology Illustrated: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology. Radiology Illustrated. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35825-8_15

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