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A case of perforated gallbladder in setting of decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Variceal bleeding can be a fatal complication of decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis, especially in patients presenting with an acute operative pathology. Cystic artery bleed leading to a ruptured gallbladder is a rare but possibly fatal presentation in patients with portal hypertension secondary to alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Here, we present a case of cystic artery hemorrhage leading to a hemorrhagic cholecystitis, ruptured gallbladder, hemorrhagic shock, and hemoperitoneum, requiring in an emergency exploratory laparotomy and open cholecystectomy.

Source: Surgery Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.sycrs.2026.100205