An Acute Cholecystitis Due To a Gallbladder Metastasis Originating From a Gastric Cancer: A Case Report

Abstract

1. Introduction
Gallbladder metastases from other cancers are extremely rare and related to a very poor prognosis [1]. Melanoma and renal cell cancer are reported to be most frequent cause of gallbladder metastasis [2]. For gastric cancer, only few cases of gallbladder as a metastatic site are reported not permitting to estimate the frequency of this entity.
We report a new case of gallbladder metastasis secondary to gastric cancer presented to the emergency with an acute cholecystitis.