title: Acute cholecystitis as a rare presentation of metastatic breast carcinoma of the gallbladder: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Breast cancer is usually associated with metastases to lungs, bones and liver. Breast carcinoma metastasizing to the gallbladder is very rare. We report the case of 45-year-old female with clinical presentation of acute Cholecystitis, who underwent cholecystectomy in emergency. The Gallbladder showed a nodule on the Gallbladder wall. Histological examination disclosed a metastasis from a lobular breast carcinoma with positive hormone receptors. The patient had received three months previously a right mastectomy with axillar dissection followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapyfor lobular breast cancer stage III, PT3N1M0, showing hormone receptors. We present a rare case of acute cholecystitis from metastatic breast cancer three months after management of primary cancer.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale II Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Belhachmi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdelilah
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale II Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Ouazni
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale II Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Rajae
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamoul
authors.affiliation: Service de Cytologie et Anatomie Pathologique Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Imane
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elkhiyat
authors.affiliation: Service de Cytologie et Anatomie Pathologique Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Bouzidi
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale II Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Sifeddine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alkandry
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Viscérale II Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Med V.
authors.forename: Eheirchou
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abdelkader
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Acute cholecystitis; gallbladder; lobular breast carcinoma; metastatic breast cancer