Metastatic breast carcinoma presenting as cholecystitis.
We report two cases of metastatic breast cancer presenting as cholecystitis. Each patient had undergone a mastectomy years earlier. Biopsy of the gallbladder removed during cholecystectomy revealed metastatic infiltrating ductal carcinoma in one patient and infiltrating lobular carcinoma in the other.
Crawford
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Department of Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, PA 19001, USA.
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Moore
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D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged