Association of CT Findings With Perineural Invasion in Gallbladder Cancer: Preliminary Assessment

Imaging patterns of wall thickening type of gallbladder cancer

“…Kondo et al stated that the ''hepatic hilum type'' , which they defined as tumor infiltration of the hepatic hilum, had a poor prognosis [50]. Cancer spread to the cystic duct has been associated with an increased incidence of lymph node and perineural invasion [51]. The patterns of biliary obstruction secondary to malignant gallbladder wall thickening are illustrated in Figure 7.…”