[Clinico-morphological characteristics of cancer of the gallbladder complicated by suppurative cholecystitis].

Suppurative inflammatory complications were reported in 40 patients with gallbladder carcinoma. It was stated that the type of the complication and its clinical manifestation depended mainly on the site of the tumor in the gallbladder, the type of the tumor growth and its invasiveness. Development of suppurative complications was observed most frequently when the tumor was located in the cervical area of the gallbladder and in the endophytic type of its growth. Depending on these parameters, the clinical picture may have acute or torpid pattern with the corresponding pathologic anatomic changes in the abdomen due to suppurative complication. Thirty-five patients were operated on. Lethal outcomes made up 62.8%.