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PDFReminder of important clinical lesson
Case report
Carcinoma of the gallbladder presenting as haemorrhagic cholecystitis
Abstract
Gallbladder carcinoma has several atypical presentations, but one of the rarest is intraluminal haemorrhage, which occurs in 1% of patients. We report a case of gallbladder cancer diagnosed by an emergency cholecystectomy, performed for acute cholecystitis caused by a hemocholecyst.
- biliary intervention
- cancer intervention