Cholecystitis Without Gallstones

Cholecystitis Without Gallstones

Gallstones and Cholecystitis

Interesting information came from a 10-year study of necropsy findings in South East England. Female gallstone subjects had a higher BMI than controls but males did not. Gallstones were twice as common in those with diabetes. There was no association with heart disease. A third of elderly patients of both sexes had gallstones but most had not had surgery and gallstones were seldom a cause of de...

Gallstones and Cholecystitis

Interesting information came from a 10-year study of necropsy findings in South East England. Female gallstone subjects had a higher BMI than controls but males did not. Gallstones were twice as common in those with diabetes. There was no association with heart disease. A third of elderly patients of both sexes had gallstones but most had not had surgery and gallstones were seldom a cause of de...

Cholecystectomy for Biliary Colic Without Gallstones

(1990) Cholecystectomy provides long-term symptom relief in patients with acalculous gallbladders. Elective cholecystectomy was performed in 60 patients with biliary colic and acaiculous gallbladders during a 5-year period. Gallbladder wall disease was significantly more common (p < 0.01) in patients with acalculous gallbladders than in a similar symptomatic group with calculous gallbladders. T...

Green dialysate: asymptomatic perforated cholecystitis without peritonitis.

In peritoneal dialysis, the effluent dialysate is the window of the peritoneal cavity and usually allows for a rapid diagnosis of peritonitis and abdominal drama [1]. To our knowledge, there is only one reported case of perforation of the gallbladder in a patient on peritoneal dialysis with gram negative peritonitis [2]. We describe a case of asymptomatic perforated cholecystitis without perito...