Emphysematous cholecystitis in a patient with porcelain gallbladder

Our case uniquely presents a patient with two rare gallbladder disease entities occurring simultaneously. The patient presented to hospital with abdominal pain and was subsequently diagnosed with emphysematous cholecystitis and porcelain gallbladder. After initial conservative management failed, cho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vera, Vithya, Sharma, Abhimanyu, Townson, Adam T, Azeem, Qasim, Malam, Yogeshkumar, Mathews, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36685122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac600
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Sumario:Our case uniquely presents a patient with two rare gallbladder disease entities occurring simultaneously. The patient presented to hospital with abdominal pain and was subsequently diagnosed with emphysematous cholecystitis and porcelain gallbladder. After initial conservative management failed, cholecystectomy was performed, and the patient recovered well post-operatively and was discharged home.

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