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. 2009 Oct 29:2:172.
doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-172.

An unusual gall-bladder polyp--site of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Sandeep Patel  1 , Bassel Zebian, Shashank Gurjar, Nevil Pavithran, Krishna Singh, Tom Liston, Jerry Grant
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An unusual gall-bladder polyp--site of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report

Sandeep Patel et al. Cases J. .

Abstract

We report the case of a 64 year old woman who presented with symptomatology of gallstone disease but was radiologically shown to have a polyp within the gallbladder. Upon resection this was shown to be a metastasis from renal cell carcinoma for which she had had a nephrectomy six years previously.

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Figure 1
Intraoperative photograph showing gallbladder dissection and no infiltration into liver.
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Figure 2
Macroscopic image of resected specimen with polyp visible.
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