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ArticleSurgical case reports2016

Acute acalculous cholecystitis due to breast cancer metastasis to the cystic duct.

Masakazu Hashimoto, Kei Koide, Michinori Arita, Koji Kawaguchi, Masakazu Tokunaga, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Toshiyuki Iwamoto

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Cystic Duct Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2018
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Masakazu HashimotoDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan. oita521@yahoo.co.jp.
Kei KoideDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.
Michinori AritaDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.
Koji KawaguchiDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.
Masakazu TokunagaDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.
Yoshihiro MikuriyaDepartment of Surgery, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.
Toshiyuki IwamotoDepartment of Pathology, Chuden Hospital, 3-4-27 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima, 730-8562, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is a relatively rare disorder of the gallbladder. Breast cancer recurrence more than 10 years after curative surgery is also infrequent. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with right flank pain. Her medical history included a lumpectomy for cancer of the left breast 12 years prior. Laboratory tests showed a severe inflammatory reaction and mild liver function abnormalities. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed an enlarged gallbladder and inflammation of the surrounding tissues; however, no gallstone was present. She was diagnosed with AAC. We performed an emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and histopathological examination revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the cystic duct. Both metastatic and primary tumor cells were positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors on immunohistochemistry. The final pathological diagnosis was acute cholecystitis due to breast cancer metastasis to the cystic duct.

conclusionAlthough AAC secondary to metastatic breast cancer is rare, it should be included in the differential diagnosis for abdominal pain in patients with a previous history of breast cancer.

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Acute cholecystitisBiliary metastasisBreast cancerLate recurrence

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PMCPMC5059227

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