Metastatic lung cancer presenting as cholecystitis.
We report the case of a 69-yr-old patient with inoperable cancer of the lung who later developed acute cholecystitis-related to metastasis to the gallbladder wall. Secondary malignancies of the gallbladder are discussed.
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Section of General Internal Medicine, Penn State Geisinger, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville 17822, USA.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male