[The chance finding of gallbladder carcinoma during cholecystectomy for long-term symptomatic lithiasis. A clinical case].

The case of a patient who underwent conventional cholecystectomy for gallbladder adenocarcinoma is reported. Gallbladder carcinoma is rare, but since laparoscopic cholecystectomy has quickly emerged as a popular alternative to open cholecystectomy an increasing number of gallbladder carcinomas are discovered. Most of the time it is detected as an incidental tumor, the patient being with no or few symptoms and often the lesion too far advanced for any type of curative surgery. The most important questions related to the therapy are focused and a partial review of the literature is made.