Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Shumaila Batool

Publications

• Case Report
  The Other Bladder: A Case of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Metastasis to the Gallbladder
  Author(s): Santosh Kumar and Shumaila BatoolSantosh Kumar and Shumaila Batool
  
  Prostate cancer metastasis to bone and lymph nodes is common, but metastasis to the gallbladder is rare. We report a case of a 72 year-old-male with a three month history of weight loss and nausea. On further evaluation he was found to have an elevated alkaline phosphatase and radiographic evidence of prostate cancer, skeletal metastases, and a gallbladder mass concerning for concomitant gallbladder carcinoma. Prostate biopsy confirmed high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma. The patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and pathologic evaluation of the gallbladder revealed metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma without evidence of gallbladder carcinoma. This case demonstrates a possible association between prostatic adenocarcinoma and the gallbladder. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000456

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