Emphysematous cholecystitis presenting as gas-forming liver abscess and pneumoperitoneum in a dialysis patient: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare variant of acute cholecystitis with a high mortality rate. The combination of emphysematous cholecystitis, liver abscess and pneumoperitoneum are even rarer. Herein we present a case of emphysematous cholecystitis in a senile diabetic lady who had wo...

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Autores principales: Liao, Chen-Yi, Tsai, Chi-chang, Kuo, Wu-Hsien, Ben, Ren-Jy, Lin, Ho-Cheng, Lee, Ching-Chang, Su, Kuan-Jen, Wang, Han-En, Wang, Chih-Chiang, Chen, I-Hung, Chien, Shang-Tao, Tsai, Ming-Kai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26932814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0237-3

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