Korean J Radiol.  2014 Oct;15(5):655-656. 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.5.655.

RE: Metastasis of Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma to Bauhin's Valve: An Extremely Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

• Virgilio E
• Giaccaglia V
• Balducci G

• KMID: 1734953
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2014.15.5.655

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Gallbladder adenocarcinoma; Intestinal metastasis; Bauhin's valve

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma/*complications/*diagnosis/pathology
Aged, 80 and over
Colonoscopy
Ethanol/therapeutic use
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms/*complications/*diagnosis/pathology
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology
Liver Neoplasms/complications/drug therapy/secondary
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ethanol

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Contrast-enhanced CT scan of abdomen showed 31 × 23 mm lesion in right iliac fossa with distal ileal and cecal involvement (within red circle).

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  Fig. 2 Colonoscopy documented polypoid lesion at Bauhin's valve.

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2. Amemiya T, Yokoyama Y, Oda K, Nishio H, Ebata T, Abe T, et al. A patient with gallbladder cancer with paraaortic lymph node and hepatic metastases who has survived for more than 13 years after the primary extended radical operation. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2008; 15:648–651.