A Case Report of Metastatic Gallbladder Cancer as The Cause of Acute Appendicitis

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Artun Aksade Edward Ewing Francisco Benavides Valentina Marchese

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Francisco Benavides
Easton Hospital Department of Surgery and Pathology

A B S T R A C T

Appendiceal metastasis from primary gallbladder cancer is rare. Here we report the case of a 62-year-old female with stage IV gallbladder cancer who presented to the ED four months after initiation of her cancer treatment. Diffuse abdominal pain was her only presenting symptom and contrast-enhanced CT imaging revealed findings consistent with acute appendicitis. Prompt surgical treatment with laparoscopic appendectomy was initiated. Surprisingly, the histologic analysis was consistent with gallbladder primary metastatic adenocarcinoma to the appendix rather than primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Thu 27, Jun 2019
Accepted: Fri 12, Jul 2019
Published: Wed 31, Jul 2019

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© 2023 Francisco Benavides. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSO.2019.03.02