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  • The association between calcium deposits in the gall bladder and the gallbladder cancer was made during 1797.[1][2]
  • In between 1922 –1956, 4,271 cholecystectomy samples were collected and adenocarcinomas were noted.[3]
  • In between 1962–1999, Stephen et al was to discover the association between calcium deposits and the development of gallbladder cancer is 7%.
  • Current literature evaluation shows that the general occurrence of Porciline gallbladder cancer, and gallbladder cancer most cancers is 0.2% and 0.8%, respectively—with a 15% concomitant occurrence.
  • Other document notes the incidence of gallbladder malignancy in patients with gallbladder wall calcification to be 6%.[4]

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References

  1. Stephen AE, Berger DL (2001). "Carcinoma in the porcelain gallbladder: a relationship revisited". Surgery. 129 (6): 699–703. doi:10.1067/msy.2001.113888. PMID 11391368.
  2. Gómez-López JR, De Andrés-Asenjo B, Ortega-Loubon C (2014). "A porcelain gallbladder and a rapid tumor dissemination". Ann Med Surg (Lond). 3 (4): 119–22. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2014.09.002. PMC 4284441. PMID 25568797.
  3. Puia IC, Vlad L, Iancu C, Al-Hajjar N, Pop F, Bălă O, Munteanu D (2005). "[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for porcelain gallbladder]". Chirurgia (Bucur) (in Romanian). 100 (2): 187–9. PMID 15957463.
  4. Schnelldorfer T (2013). "Porcelain gallbladder: a benign process or concern for malignancy?". J. Gastrointest. Surg. 17 (6): 1161–8. doi:10.1007/s11605-013-2170-0. PMID 23423431.


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