Case report
Gallbladder ulcer erosion into the cystic artery: a rare cause ofupper gastro-intestinal bleeding Case report
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* Corresponding author: Offir Ben-Ishay o_ben-ishay@Rambam.health.gov.il
Department of General Surgery B, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010, 5:8 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-5-8
Published: 12 March 2010Abstract
Intra luminal gallbladder bleeding is a rare cause of hemobilia that results in upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. In this case report we present a patient who presented with melena and eventually was diagnosed as bleeding from an ulcer in the gallbladder which was induced by gallstones and eroded into the cystic artery. Surgery revealed perforation of gallbladder which was the result of a pressure sore induced by a second gallstone.