Biliary Dyskinesia as a Rare Presentation of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report

Table 1

Feature of cases with metastases of breast carcinoma to gallbladder.

Reference	Type of breast cancer	Presentation	Diagnosis	Treatment	Outcome
Boari et al.	Invasive lobular carcinoma; Invasive ductal carcinoma	RUQ pain, acute cholecystitis	RUQ US showed gallbladder mass and stones; Carcinoma confirmed by pathology	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Cured
Zagouri et al.	Invasive lobular carcinoma grade II Invasive ductal carcinoma grade I	Intermittent RUQ pain	RUQ US showed stones; Carcinoma confirmed by pathology	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Cured
Shah et al.	Not specified	Altered mental status	RUQ US, CT abdomen, paracentesis	Exploratory laparotomy	Expired POD no. 5
Crawford et al.	Infiltrating ductal carcinoma	Upper abdominal pain with nausea for 3 weeks	SBFT, RUQ US, oral cholecystogram	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open	One year s/p cholecystectomy
	Infiltrating lobular carcinoma	Upper abdominal postprandial pain for 6 months	RUQ US, oral cholecystogram, HIDA scan Carcinoma confirmed by pathology	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open	Expired 3 years later from disseminated metastases
Beaver et al.	Not specified	RUQ pain, nausea and vomiting (acute cholecystitis)	RUQ US Carcinoma confirmed by pathology	Cholecystectomy combined with chemotherapy (5FU, methotrexate, vincristine)	Cured
Case report	Invasive lobular carcinoma with foci of DCIS	Nausea and weight loss for 2 months	HIDA scan showed biliary dyskinesia Carcinoma confirmed by pathology	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Cured