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Ultrasonography (US), which is readily available, noninvasive, and cost-effective, is the imaging modality of choice for GB carcinoma. [4, 5, 6, 7] However, US cannot stage the tumor. The visualization of lymph nodes, intraperitoneal disease, and distant metastases is difficult.
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Sagittal sonogram in a 71-year-old woman. This image demonstrates heterogeneous thickening of the gallbladder wall (arrows). The diagnosis was primary papillary adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder.
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Transverse ultrasonogram in a 66-year-old man. This image shows the gallbladder is filled with shadowing stones (arrow) that are surrounded by the hypoechoic liver parenchyma, which represents direct invasion by carcinoma. The diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder.
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Computed tomography scan in a 65-year-old man. This image depicts squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder and invasion of the liver.
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Computed tomography (CT) scan in a 65-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder and invasion of the liver (same patient as in the previous image). This CT scan depicts a lower cut through the liver than does the previous image.
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