title: Case report: malignant haemobilia detected in the gallbladder--retrograde cholangiographic findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Nishiarita Kyoritsu Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: 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