Iatrogenic gall bladder perforation.

Delayed presentation of iatrogenic bladder perforation

Acute gall bladder perforation--a dilemma in early diagnosis.

Gall bladder perforation is a rare complication of cholecystitis. A definitive diagnosis is uncommon before surgery and the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition are high. We report six patients with gall bladder perforation to show the difficulty of making an early diagnosis. The history and the clinical findings of these patients are reviewed to highlight diagnostic pitfalls.

Umbilical bile staining in a patient with gall-bladder perforation.

1 of 1 DESCRIPTION An elderly patient with known chronic obstructive airways disease presented with right upper quadrant pain. It was initially thought he had right lower lobe pneumonia and was treated accordingly. Over the course of the next couple of days, his liver function became deranged and a subsequent abdominal ultrasound suggested a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. He was referred to ...

Gall Bladder Perforation : Our experience of Six cases

INTRODUCTION Gall bladder perforation (GBP) is a rare yet potentially fatal condition. e mortality rate of GBP is reported to be 12%-16% [1]. Acute Cholecystitis, calculous or acalculous, can lead to GBP in 6%12% of cases [2, 3]. In emergency setting cholelithiasis and its complications like biliary colic, acute cholecystitis are very frequently dealt by the surgeon and at times clinical prese...

Taenia saginata: A Rare Cause of Gall Bladder Perforation

We report a case of biliary peritonitis caused by gall bladder perforation due to Taenia saginata induced gangrenous cholecystitis. Although parasites are not unusual causes of biliary tract disorders, especially in disease endemic areas, but this is for the first time that Taenia saginata has been reported to cause gall bladder perforation.