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Overview
The majority of patients with early stages of gallbladder cancer are asymptomatic. Symptoms of gallbladder cancer include jaundice, pain, fever, burping and weight loss.
History and Symptoms
History
- The majority of patients with gallbladder cancer are asymptomatic.
- Patients with gallbladder cancer have nonspecific symptoms that mimic
- Cholelithiasis: Right upper quadrant pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.[1][2][3]
- Cholecystitis: Episodes of upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, belching, diarrhea.[4][5][6]
Common Symptoms
The most common symptoms caused by gallbladder cancer are jaundice, pain, and fever. General symptoms are as follow[7][8]
- Steady pain in the upper right abdomen
- Jaundice, due to obstruction
- Diarrhea
- Weakness
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Vomiting
Less Common Symptoms
- Infection, leading to
- peritonitis, gangrene, perforation, and or liver abscess
References
- ↑ Diehl AK, Sugarek NJ, Todd KH (1990). "Clinical evaluation for gallstone disease: usefulness of symptoms and signs in diagnosis". Am. J. Med. 89 (1): 29–33. PMID 2368790.
- ↑ "Gallstones". Medline Plus. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ↑ LUND J (1960). "Surgical indications in cholelithiasis: prophylactic choleithiasis: prophylactic cholecystectomy elucidated on the basis of long-term follow up on 526 nonoperated cases". Ann. Surg. 151: 153–62. PMC 1613279. PMID 13848582.
- ↑ [+https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470236/#article-19521.s1 "Gallbladder, Cholecystitis, Chronic - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf"] Check
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value (help). - ↑ Knab LM, Boller AM, Mahvi DM (2014). "Cholecystitis". Surg. Clin. North Am. 94 (2): 455–70. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2014.01.005. PMID 24679431.
- ↑ "Cross-Sectional Imaging of Acute and Chronic Gallbladder Inflammatory Disease : American Journal of Roentgenology : Vol. 192, No. 1 (AJR)".
- ↑ Andrén-Sandberg A (July 2012). "Diagnosis and management of gallbladder cancer". N Am J Med Sci. 4 (7): 293–9. doi:10.4103/1947-2714.98586. PMC 3409652. PMID 22866265.
- ↑ Kanthan R, Senger JL, Ahmed S, Kanthan SC (2015). "Gallbladder Cancer in the 21st Century". J Oncol. 2015: 967472. doi:10.1155/2015/967472. PMC 4569807. PMID 26421012.
- ↑ Andrén-Sandberg A (July 2012). "Diagnosis and management of gallbladder cancer". N Am J Med Sci. 4 (7): 293–9. doi:10.4103/1947-2714.98586. PMC 3409652. PMID 22866265.
- ↑ Kanthan R, Senger JL, Ahmed S, Kanthan SC (2015). "Gallbladder Cancer in the 21st Century". J Oncol. 2015: 967472. doi:10.1155/2015/967472. PMC 4569807. PMID 26421012.