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GALLBLADDER - Carcinoma

Description
This consists of a block of tumour-infiltrated liver, and of the gallbladder opened to show the greater part of the fundus expanded by tumour tissue. The mucosal surface in the part of the specimen present appears to be smooth.
History
This woman was admitted to Porirua Hospital with senile dementia; in the year following her admission she developed abdominal pain and died. At autopsy this lesion was demonstrated with secondary deposits in the liver, extension into the duodenum and into the hepatic ducts with consequent obstruction and development of a liver abscess.