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While laparoscopic cholecystectomy is being increasingly performed on patients with gallbladder disease, this approach in cases of polypoid lesions in the gallbladder may not always be justified. We report here a case of early development of intrahepatic metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for polypoid gallbladder cancer; wedge resection of the gallbladder bed and dissection of regional lymph nodes had to be done. When a malignancy of the gallbladder is suspected during preoperative examinations, open cholecystectomy should be done.
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Nishizaki, T., Matsumata, T., Hashizume, M. et al. Hepatic metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for polypoid gallbladder cancer followed by radical surgery. Surg Endosc 8, 1436–1438 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00187354
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