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. 2010 Mar 12:5:8.
doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-5-8.

Gallbladder ulcer erosion into the cystic artery: a rare cause ofupper gastro-intestinal bleeding Case report

Offir Ben-Ishay  1 , Mouad Farraj, Pavel Shmulevsky, Benjamin Person, Yoram Shimon Kluger
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Gallbladder ulcer erosion into the cystic artery: a rare cause ofupper gastro-intestinal bleeding Case report

Offir Ben-Ishay et al. World J Emerg Surg. .

Abstract

Intra luminal gallbladder bleeding is a rare cause of hemobilia that results in upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. In this case report we present a patient who presented with melena and eventually was diagnosed as bleeding from an ulcer in the gallbladder which was induced by gallstones and eroded into the cystic artery. Surgery revealed perforation of gallbladder which was the result of a pressure sore induced by a second gallstone.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Computerized Tomography showing active bleeding into the lumen of the gallbladder.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A - Perforation of the gallbladder. B - the respective ulcer leading to free perforation and the causing gallstones.
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