PRIMARY SARCOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER—REPORT OF THREE CASES—*

Abstract

Three cases of primary sarcoma of the gallbladder are reported. They consist of autopsy cases of leiomyoearcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma and surgery case of reticulum cell sarcoma, one of which was complicated with cholelithiasls. The number of sarcomas of the gallbladder reported in Japan adding our three cases totalled 14 cases, and 93 cases were reviewed from the world literature. The histological types, morphogenesis, relation to cholelithiasis, distribution of age and sex were discussed.