Surgical outcome of carcinosarcoma of the gall bladder: A review

Table 1 Thirty six reported cases of surgical resection for carcinosarcoma of the gall bladder

Author	Year	Age (yr)	Sex	Palpation	Position	Stone	Size (cm)	Depth	SCC	Stage	Survival (mo)
Mehrotra et al[2]	1971	45	F	+	Neck	+	10	si	+	III	4
Higgs et al[3]	1973	77	M	-	Neck	-	ND	bd	+	IVa	1
Mansori et al[4]	1980	81	M	+	Body	-	15	liver	ND	IVa	1.5
Aldovini et al[5]	1982	75	F	+	Body	+	9	mp	-	III	81
Von Kuster et al[6]	1982	77	F	-	Fundus	-	3	mp	ND	II	311
Born et al[7]	1984	90	F	+	Body	+	15	du	ND	IVa	3
Inoshita et al[8]	1986	53	M	+	Neck	-	11	bd	+	IVa	17
Suster et al[9]	1987	54	F	+	Body	+	8	si	+	III	ND
Lumsden et al[10]	1988	81	F	+	Neck	-	5	mp	ND	II	121
Guo et al[11]	1988	69	M	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	-	ND	3
		61	M	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	-	ND	3
		66	M	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	+	ND	191
Ishihara et al[12]	1990	58	F	-	Fundus	-	8	mp	-	II	71
Nishihara et al[13]	1993	63	F	ND	ND	-	9.5	ND	-	ND	391
		66	F	ND	ND	+	5	ND	-	ND	1
		70	F	ND	ND	-	4.2	ND	-	ND	7
		75	F	ND	ND	-	16	ND	+	ND	6
		80	F	ND	ND	-	5	ND	-	ND	1.5
Fagot et al[14]	1994	83	F	-	Fundus	+	4.5	mp	ND	II	121
Nakagawa et al[15]	1996	66	F	-	Fundus	-	7	liver	ND	IVa	ND
Rys et al[16]	1998	67	F	+	Fundus	-	15	liver, cln	ND	IVa	2
Eriguchi et al[17]	1999	65	F	+	ND	+	10	mp	ND	II	161
Ajiki et al[18]	2002	69	F	-	Body	+	6	liver	-	IVa	7
Hotta et al[19]	2002	53	M	+	Body	+	11	mp	-	II	7
Kim et al[20]	2003	61	F	+	Neck	-	4.5	si	-	IVa	21
Takahashi et al[21]	2004	84	F	-	Body	-	8	si	+	IVa	2
Huguet et al[22]	2005	64	F	-	Body	-	12	panc	+	IVa	4
Sodergren et al[23]	2005	68	F	-	Neck	-	9	bd	-	IVa	5
Kubota et al[24]	2006	72	M	+	Body	-	7	liver, col	-	IVa	8
Liu et al[25]	2009	51	M	ND	ND	ND	ND	si	-	IVa	3
		65	F	ND	ND	ND	ND	si	-	IVa	0.7
		56	F	ND	ND	ND	ND	si	-	IVa	5
Agarwal et al[26]	2009	60	F	+	Body	-	7	mp	-	II	31
Uzun et al[27]	2009	70	M	+	Fundus	-	10	mp	-	II	541
Shimada et al[28]	2009	69	M	-	Body	+	9	si	-	II	61
Present case	2009	72	F	-	Body	-	2.5	mp	-	II	601

¹Alive patients. SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma component; si: Serosal invasion; bd: Bile duct; mp: Muscularis propria; cln: Colon; panc: Pancreas; ND: Not described; Stage: Classification according to UICC (International Union Against Cancer).