Gallbladder cancer Symptoms and Signs

Early gallbladder cancer have no specific clinical manifestations, or only the symptoms of chronic cholecystitis, early diagnosis is very difficult, in the event of persistent upper abdominal pain, mass, jaundice, etc., has advanced disease, its is also abnormality.

Symptoms of Gallbladder cancer (carcinoma of gallbladder):

1. Right upper quadrant pain: This symptom, 84%, as a result of gallbladder with gallstones, inflammation co-exist, so the nature of pain and acalculous cholecystitis is similar to the start for right upper quadrant discomfort, followed by a persistent dull pain or dull pain and sometimes paroxysmal pain with radiation to the right shoulder.

2. gastrointestinal symptoms: the vast majority (90%) of indigestion, tired of greasy, belching, appetite reduction, which is replacing as a result of gallbladder function, the material can not be fat carried out due to digestion.

3. jaundice: jaundice usually appears late in the course of disease, accounting for 36.5%, and more violations as a result of bile duct carcinoma, due to obstruction caused by malignant. At the same time, accompanied by weight loss, fatigue, or even cachexia, skin yellow stained mucosa, with difficult to treat itching skin.

4. fever: 25.9% of patients develop fever.

5. right upper quadrant mass: development of advanced lesions, or right upper quadrant abdominal mass occur, accounting for 54.5%. First, the rapid growth of the tumor, bile duct obstruction to gallbladder swelling; Second, caused by violations of duodenal obstruction and obstructive symptoms at the same time; In addition to invade the liver, stomach, pancreas, etc., can also be part of a corresponding mass.

Signs of Gallbladder cancer (carcinoma of gallbladder):

1. jaundice: the performance of in the mucous membrane, skin yellow dye, yellow dye heavier, more obstructive, once jaundice appears, the disease has advanced more.

2. right upper quadrant mass: right upper quadrant may be touched more smooth enlargement of the gall bladder, and surrounding tissue without adhesion when mobile; and adhesions around the organization, they can touch on a few lumps, and sometimes touched the swelling of the liver, the mass, such as duodenal obstruction.