A middle aged woman presenting with massive empyema of the gallbladder: a case report

Empyema of gallbladder is generally a rare disease and it is even rarer in the traditional African population where incidence of cholelithiasis is much lower compared with the Caucasian population. This is a presentation to highlight massive empyema of the gallbladder in a 58 year old woman who had...

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Autores principales: Arowolo, Olukayode Adeolu, Lawal, Oladejo Olukayode, Akinkuolie, Andrew Akinbolaji, Adisa, Adewale Oluseye
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7827
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Sumario:Empyema of gallbladder is generally a rare disease and it is even rarer in the traditional African population where incidence of cholelithiasis is much lower compared with the Caucasian population. This is a presentation to highlight massive empyema of the gallbladder in a 58 year old woman who had no prior history of gallstone disease and who was treated with open cholecystectomy. The outcome was successful and she was followed up for a year.

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