Gallbladder cancer history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Symptoms

The most common symptoms caused by gallbladder cancer are jaundice, pain, and fever. General symptoms are as follow;

• Steady pain in the upper right abdomen for around 2 months.
• Diarrhea
• Burping
• Weakness
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Vomiting
• Infection, leading to peritonitis, gangrene, perforation, and or liver abscess
• Jaundice, due to obstruction

Early symptoms mimic gallbladder inflammation and gallstones, which must be excluded as the cause. Later, the symptoms may be that of biliary obstruction.