A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations

Torsion or volvulus of the gallbladder is a rare situation that rapidly progresses to gangrene and linked with a poor prognosis, even death, if unrecognized and untreated. An interesting and rare case of gallbladder volvulus in which diagnosis was obtained by comparing CT images and HIDA scan with S...

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Autores principales: Bergeron, Eric, Désilets, Etienne, Do, Xuan Vien, McNamara, Daniel, Chergui, Sami, Bensoussan, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6970005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31970008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8687141
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author Bergeron, Eric
Désilets, Etienne
Do, Xuan Vien
McNamara, Daniel
Chergui, Sami
Bensoussan, Michael
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Désilets, Etienne
Do, Xuan Vien
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Chergui, Sami
Bensoussan, Michael
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description Torsion or volvulus of the gallbladder is a rare situation that rapidly progresses to gangrene and linked with a poor prognosis, even death, if unrecognized and untreated. An interesting and rare case of gallbladder volvulus in which diagnosis was obtained by comparing CT images and HIDA scan with SPECT-CT is presented. Relevant literature is reviewed, and recommendations are outlined.
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spelling pubmed-69700052020-01-22 A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations Bergeron, Eric Désilets, Etienne Do, Xuan Vien McNamara, Daniel Chergui, Sami Bensoussan, Michael Case Rep Surg Case Report Torsion or volvulus of the gallbladder is a rare situation that rapidly progresses to gangrene and linked with a poor prognosis, even death, if unrecognized and untreated. An interesting and rare case of gallbladder volvulus in which diagnosis was obtained by comparing CT images and HIDA scan with SPECT-CT is presented. Relevant literature is reviewed, and recommendations are outlined. Hindawi 2020-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6970005/ /pubmed/31970008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8687141 Text en Copyright © 2020 Eric Bergeron et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Bergeron, Eric
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Chergui, Sami
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A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title_full A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title_fullStr A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title_short A Case of Torsion of the Gallbladder Suspected with SPECT-CT: Review and Recommendations
title_sort case of torsion of the gallbladder suspected with spect-ct: review and recommendations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6970005/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8687141
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