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Acute Cholecystitis with a Hemocholecyst as an Unusual Presentation of Gallbladder Cancer: Report of a Case

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Several atypical presentations of gallbladder carcinoma have been reported, but one of the rarest is intraluminal hemorrhage. We report a case of carcinoma of the gallbladder disclosed by an emergency cholecystectomy, performed for acute cholecystitis caused by a hemocholecyst. The diagnostic approaches and characteristics of a hemocholecyst associated with carcinoma of the gallbladder are discussed.

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  1. Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA

    Joseph Ku, Jacob DeLaRosa, Justin Kang, David Hoyt & Raul Coimbra

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Ku, J., DeLaRosa, J., Kang, J. et al. Acute Cholecystitis with a Hemocholecyst as an Unusual Presentation of Gallbladder Cancer: Report of a Case. Surg Today 34, 973–976 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-004-2840-3

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