Spontaneous gallbladder perforation in patient with COVID-19—a case report and review of literature

The Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) originated in Wuhan in China in December 2019 has evolved over the past year in terms of its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, imaging manifestations and management strategies. Though COVID-19 is predominantly a pulmonary illness, it is now established t...

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Autores principales: Basukala, Sunil, Rijal, Sabina, Karki, Saurav, Basukala, Bikram, Gautam, Alok Raj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab496
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Sumario:The Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) originated in Wuhan in China in December 2019 has evolved over the past year in terms of its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, imaging manifestations and management strategies. Though COVID-19 is predominantly a pulmonary illness, it is now established to show widespread extra pulmonary involvement. Gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 are also well known. COVID-19 infection presenting with the involvement of gallbladder is extremely rare in medical literature. Gallbladder perforation should be thought of in COVID-19 patients complaining of with acute abdomen in with acute cholecystitis.

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