Acute acalculous cholecystitis
The authors report the case of a 14-year old male seen at the adult emergency room at Hospital da Restauração, presenting acute inflammation in the abdomen, secondary to acute appendicitis with local peritonitis. On the 8th postoperative day, he returned to the hospital with abdominal pain associate...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/125271 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/125271 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Colecistite aguda colecistite crônica agudizada pós-operatório Acute acalculous cholecystitis chronic acalculous cholecystitis postoperative |
| Sumario: | The authors report the case of a 14-year old male seen at the adult emergency room at Hospital da Restauração, presenting acute inflammation in the abdomen, secondary to acute appendicitis with local peritonitis. On the 8th postoperative day, he returned to the hospital with abdominal pain associated with fever and intense leukocytosis. Abdominal ultrasonography showed distended gallbladder with thickened walls, which suggests acute acalculous cholecystitis. The patient was submitted to surgery, which revealed an enlarged vesicle, thickened walls, and no calculi inside it. After theperformance of cholecystomy, the patient was dismissed on the 4th postoperative day. |
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