Gallbladder adenocarcinoma presenting as Trousseau syndrome and Virchow-Troisie’s node

  • Víctor A. Vargas-Rubio Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
  • Melissa N. Merizalde-Burneo Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
  • Edwin Hidalgo-Arroyo Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Cesar Chian-García Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Keywords: adenocarcinoma, gallbladder, Trousseau’s syndrome, Virchow-Troisier’s lymph node

Abstract

A 52-year-old female patient who presented pain and swelling in the right lower limb, a left-sided supraclavicular lymph node and microcytic hypochromic anemia. It was ruled out gastrointestinal blood loss through normal upper and lower endoscopies. The abdominal tomography showed an irregular pattern in the gallbladder, whose biopsy resulted in adenocarcinoma. It is concluded that it was a patient with a malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder who presented as a Trousseaus’s syndrome and a Virchow-Troisier’s lymph node.

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Published
2020-09-16
How to Cite
Vargas-Rubio, V. A., Merizalde-Burneo, M. N., Hidalgo-Arroyo, E., & Chian-García, C. (2020). Gallbladder adenocarcinoma presenting as Trousseau syndrome and Virchow-Troisie’s node. Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 33(3), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v33i3.549
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Case report