Gangrenous Cholecystitis: A Grim Complication of Acute Cholecystitis
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Gangrenous cholecystitis - a rare complication of ERCP.
tive endoscopic retrograde cholangiopan− creatography (ERCP) following an episode of cholangitis. Abdominal ultrasound prior to ERCP showed contracted acalcu− lus gallbladder. ERCP revealed normal bile ducts (l" Figure 1). Sphincterotomy was performed. The procedure was un− eventful. The patient was admitted to the hospital 48 hours later due to increasing abdominal pain. Physical examination r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SAS Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2454-5112
DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2018.v04i08.002