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Asymptomatic Gangrenous Acute Cholecystitis: A Life-Threatening Condition

Gangrenous gallbladder (GGB) is a life-threatening complication of acute cholecystitis, which happens due to gallbladder (GB) wall ischemia and necrosis. Delaying the diagnosis of GGB is life-threatening and may happen in asymptomatic patients. We present a case of an elderly male patient with a his...

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Autores principales:	Medina, Victor J, Martial, Annia M, Chatterjee, Tulika
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cureus 2023
Materias:	Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10132852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123804 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36672

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