Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers and the second highest cause of cancer-related deaths (Jemal et al., 2011). Common presentations of CRC include alterations in bowel habit, weight loss, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who presented...

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Main Authors: Nedal Bukhari, Marwah Abdulkader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5308585
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description Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers and the second highest cause of cancer-related deaths (Jemal et al., 2011). Common presentations of CRC include alterations in bowel habit, weight loss, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who presented with fever and right upper quadrant pain, with positive Murphy’s sign on examination. The case was initially managed with a routine cholecystectomy. Histological examination revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with a superimposed histologically proven acute acalculous cholecystitis. CT scan done postsurgery showed a cecal mass with retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy result of cecal mass was remarkable for colon adenocarcinoma. We are not aware of any similar prior cases reported in English literature.
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spelling doaj-art-e48d6bf49359489e9d8d91113c73cead2025-08-20T03:26:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142018-01-01201810.1155/2018/53085855308585Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute CholecystitisNedal Bukhari0Marwah Abdulkader1Department of Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pathology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaColorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers and the second highest cause of cancer-related deaths (Jemal et al., 2011). Common presentations of CRC include alterations in bowel habit, weight loss, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who presented with fever and right upper quadrant pain, with positive Murphy’s sign on examination. The case was initially managed with a routine cholecystectomy. Histological examination revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with a superimposed histologically proven acute acalculous cholecystitis. CT scan done postsurgery showed a cecal mass with retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy result of cecal mass was remarkable for colon adenocarcinoma. We are not aware of any similar prior cases reported in English literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5308585
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Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
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title Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
title_full Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
title_fullStr Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
title_short Metastatic Cecal Adenocarcinoma to the Gallbladder Presenting with Acute Cholecystitis
title_sort metastatic cecal adenocarcinoma to the gallbladder presenting with acute cholecystitis
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