Acute cholecystitis, chronic cholecystitis or gallbladder cancer?

Asymptomatic chronic suppurative cholecystitis and peritonitis mimicking metastasis by 18F-FDG PET/CT scan during sigmoid colon cancer surveillance

“…Chronic cholecystitis is the result of repeated episodes of acute cholecystitis or long-term stimulus from gallbladder stones, and also can be caused by decreased autoimmunity. 1,2 It has been reported in the literature that patients who has had sigmoid colon cancer and chemotherapy can develop acute episodes of chronic cholecystitis due to their impaired immunity. 3 Chronic cholecystitis often manifests as even thickened of the gallbladder wall with homogeneous enhancement feature, and significantly high FDG uptake.…”

Surgical treatment of metastatic gallbladder cancer. Systematic review with own experience

“…Advanced gallbladder cancer (GBC) is associated with poor prognosis [19]. All stage IV GBC patients who do not undergo resection die within 20 months of diagnosis [10] and their median survival approaches 5.8 months [20].…”