Case report: malignant haemobilia detected in the gallbladder--retrograde cholangiographic findings.
Haemobilia caused by gallbladder cancer is a rare condition and cholangiography rarely detects gallbladder haemorrhage because cancer cells or blood clots obstruct the cystic duct. We describe a patient with haemobilia caused by gallbladder cancer, in whom retrograde cholangiography showed a cast-like filling defect in the common bile duct and, in addition, several string-like defects in the gallbladder. The string-like defects appeared to be streams of clotted blood flowing towards the common bile duct in this case of relatively minor haemorrhage.
Osawa
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Department of Internal Medicine, Nishiarita Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan.
Mori
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Inoue
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged