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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 22;2019(3):rjz069.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz069. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Calcified gallbladder cancer: is it preventable?

Reena Thakrar  1 , Sherif Monib  1 , Emre Pakdemirli  2 , Simon Thomson  1
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Case Reports

Calcified gallbladder cancer: is it preventable?

Reena Thakrar et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

A case of a newly diagnosed calcified gallbladder cancer is presented, who had pre-existing porcelain gallbladder. Due to the advanced stage of the disease at presentation, the patient had a poor outcome. The investigation and management of gallbladder carcinoma is discussed as well as the relationship with porcelain gallbladder. We conclude that there is only a weak association between porcelain gallbladder and gallbladder cancer, but because gallbladder cancer typically presents late, a stratified approach to offering cholecystectomy to asymptomatic porcelain gallbladder is reasonable.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
US showing porcelain gallbladder with a posterior acoustic shadow.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
CT (coronal view) showing circumferential calcification in the thickened wall of the gallbladder.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
MRCP shows gallbladder fundus with a T2 weighted hypo intense rim.
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