Acute cholecystitis as a rare presentation of metastatic breast carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A case report and review of the literature

نویسندگان

  • Belhachmi Abdelilah
  • Ouazni Mohamed
  • Rajae Yamoul
  • Imane Elkhiyat
  • A Al Bouzidi
  • Sifeddine Alkandry
  • Eheirchou Abdelkader
چکیده

Breast cancer is usually associated with metastases to lungs, bones and liver. Breast carcinoma metastasizing to the gallbladder is very rare. We report the case of 45-year-old female with clinical presentation of acute Cholecystitis, who underwent cholecystectomy in emergency. The Gallbladder showed a nodule on the Gallbladder wall. Histological examination disclosed a metastasis from a lobular breast carcinoma with positive hormone receptors. The patient had received three months previously a right mastectomy with axillar dissection followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapyfor lobular breast cancer stage III, PT3N1M0, showing hormone receptors. We present a rare case of acute cholecystitis from metastatic breast cancer three months after management of primary cancer.

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دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014