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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1704942
DUODENAL CHOLECYST FISTULA: UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF GALLBLADDER CANCER
Publication History
Publication Date:
23 April 2020 (online)
80 year-old female was sent to our service for obstructive jaundice. Began 6 months ago with: abdominal pain, jaundice, dark urine, weight loss of 8 kg. Total bilirubin 7 umol/L. Abdominal ultrasound: common bile duct 12 mm.
ERCP duodenal stenosis, Cavity with bile-like material and purulent content was observed. Biopsies were taken.
Abdominal CT scan Abscessed vesicular neoplasia.
Histopathological report Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder.
Conclusions Gallbladder cancer is an uncommon disease, early diagnosis is essential for improved prognosis; however, indolent and nonspecific clinical presentations like this clinical case leads to missdiagnosis.