Incidence of gall stones in Carcinoma gall bladder patients

ABSTRACT

To determine the incidence of Gall stones in cases of Carcinoma Gall bladder.Retrospective descriptive study conducted from June 1999 to August 2002.Surgical B Ward of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar.All patients who were diagnosed as having Carcinoma Gall BladderThe presence or absence of stones was noted in cases of Carcinoma Gall Bladder, detected on preoperative ultrasonography or per-operatively on macroscopic examination, and later confirmed on histopathology. Out of the 40 patients with Carcinoma Gall Bladder in this series, 37 [924%] had Gall stones. There were 34 [85%] females and 6 [15%] males with an age range from 27 to 65 years. Six [15%] patients were in Stage /, 15 [37.5%] in Stage II, 14 [35%] in Stage III, while 5 [12.5%] cases were in Stage IV In 36 patients simple cholecys-tectomy was performed, whereas in 4 patients only biopsy was taken from liver metastasis.There is a strong association of Carcinoma Gall bladder- with gall stones