Gallbladder Volvulus

A case of torsion of the gallbladder is presented. This is a rare condition that occurs more frequently in elderly females, it is associated with anatomical variants related to abnormal fixation of the gallbladder to the liver bed. It is usually diagnosed at laparotomy and treatment consists of chol...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F., Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes, Rescala-Baca, Elias, Dergal-Badue, Elias
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1993
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8268106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/34905
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author Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F.
Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes
Rescala-Baca, Elias
Dergal-Badue, Elias
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Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes
Rescala-Baca, Elias
Dergal-Badue, Elias
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description A case of torsion of the gallbladder is presented. This is a rare condition that occurs more frequently in elderly females, it is associated with anatomical variants related to abnormal fixation of the gallbladder to the liver bed. It is usually diagnosed at laparotomy and treatment consists of cholecystectomy. This condition should be suspected in elderly females with acute cholecystitis or acute abdominal pain of unknown origin.
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spelling pubmed-24236912008-07-08 Gallbladder Volvulus Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F. Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes Rescala-Baca, Elias Dergal-Badue, Elias HPB Surg Research Article A case of torsion of the gallbladder is presented. This is a rare condition that occurs more frequently in elderly females, it is associated with anatomical variants related to abnormal fixation of the gallbladder to the liver bed. It is usually diagnosed at laparotomy and treatment consists of cholecystectomy. This condition should be suspected in elderly females with acute cholecystitis or acute abdominal pain of unknown origin. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2423691/ /pubmed/8268106 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/34905 Text en Copyright © 1993 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gonzalez-Fisher, Ricardo F.
Vargas-Ramirez, Lourdes
Rescala-Baca, Elias
Dergal-Badue, Elias
Gallbladder Volvulus
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title_full Gallbladder Volvulus
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title_full_unstemmed Gallbladder Volvulus
title_short Gallbladder Volvulus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8268106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/34905
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