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Case Report
Ischemic cholecystitis masquerading as a metastatic disease secondary to transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
1 Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2 School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
3 Division of Transplant Surgery at University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Shareef Syed
505 Parnassus Avenue, #M884C, San Francisco, CA 94117,
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Article ID: 100087Z11SK2025
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Khan S, Arammash M, Syed S. Ischemic cholecystitis masquerading as a metastatic disease secondary to transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. J Case Rep Images Pathol 2025;11(1):18–21.ABSTRACT
Introduction: While difficult to diagnose, the accurate and timely identification of gallbladder metastasis secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma is necessary for appropriate patient care. Ischemic cholecystitis is a frequently documented complication of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma, which can resemble gallbladder metastasis.
Case Report: We present the case of a 53-year-old male patient with a history of compensated cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C and right lobe hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient underwent partial hepatectomy of segment 5/6 and cholecystectomy post-TACE with intraoperative diagnosis suggesting possible gallbladder metastasis.
Conclusion: We describe the clinicopathological findings of ischemic cholecystitis masquerading as gallbladder metastasis and highlight the importance of perioperative histopathological finding to confirm the diagnosis and to differentiate the complications of TACE.
Keywords: Gallbladder metastasis, Ischemic cholecystitis, Transarterial chemoembolization
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Saleha Khan - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Mohammad Arammash - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Shareef Syed - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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