Case report
Ruptured gallbladder as the first presentation of breast cancer
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* Corresponding author: J Mathew john.mathew@nottingham.ac.uk
1 Professorial Unit of Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
2 Department of Histopathology, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7:50 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-7-50
Published: 1 June 2009Abstract
Background
Perforation of the gall bladder as a first presentation of breast cancer has not been reported.
Case presentation
Here we present a case of an elderly lady with acute abdomen with evidence of possible perforation of gall bladder on CT scan. Histopathology of the cholecystectomy specimen revealed invasive lobular breast cancer.
Her metastatic breast cancer with right sided primary discovered subsequent to her presentation with acute abdomen is managed successfully with Anastrozole.
Conclusion
We present a rare case of gall bladder perforation from metastatic breast cancer.