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- Title
Haemocholecyst related to gallbladder malignancy.
- Authors
Ray, Sukanta; Ghosh, Ranajoy; Khamrui, Sujan; Kumar Das, Amit; Saha, Suman; Kumar, Dilip
- Abstract
A haemocholecyst is a clot-filled gallbladder caused by bleeding into its lumen. It is a rare entity with fewer than 50 cases reported in the English literature. Preoperative diagnosis is often not possible even with good quality cross-sectional imaging. Here, we present a case of a gallbladder mass, whose nature was only made clear at operation, where a hugely enlarged gallbladder was found filled with blood clots. There was neither liver infiltration nor regional lymphadenopathy. The clinical status of the patient demanded simple cholecystectomy. Histopathological examination, however, revealed a gallbladder adenocarcinoma, infiltrating the perimuscular connective tissue. Thus, more radical surgery was performed eight weeks later. At the 21-month follow-up, the patient was found to be well.
- Publication
Tropical Doctor, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 3, p243
- ISSN
0049-4755
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0049475520917264