AIM We hypothesize that chronic cholecystitis accounts for the majority of inflammatory diseases in the pediatric population and it is difficult to predict with preoperative ultrasound. BACKGROUND Despite the increase in gallbladder disease, there is a paucity of data on pediatric cholecystitis. Most pediatric studies focus on cholelithiasis and biliary dyskinesia rather than inflammatory gal...

Objective. Contractility of gallbladder is known to be decreased in fatty gallbladder diseases. However, clinical estimation data about this relationship is still lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between steatocholecystitis and contractility of gallbladder. Methods. Patients with cholecystitis (steatocholecystitis versus nonsteatocholecystitis) who underwent cho...

Percutaneous cholecystostomy offers a potentially important type of therapy for critically ill patients with acute cholecystitis who present high risk when undergoing laparotomy or laparoscopy under general anesthesia. It offers a distinct advantage for these kinds of patients by avoiding the risks of the surgical intervention. Percutaneous cholecystostomy is a safe and effective minimally inva...

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...

Cholelithiasis occurs in 10% of the population, most commonly caused by gallstone formation from bile salt cholesterol hypersaturation. Common presentations include cholecystitis and pancreatitis, yet these two gallstone diseases rarely seem to happen simultaneously. Gallstone pancreatitis occurs when gallstones escape from the gallbladder and become lodged within the common bile duct causing b...

BACKGROUND Cope's sign is the association of bradycardia with symptoms acute cholecystitis, which can occur due to a vagal cardiobiliary reflex. The clinical and electrocardiographic changes or complete heart block mimic presentation coronary syndrome. This report highlights unique possibility that in patients abdominal pain gallstones be this CASE REPORT A 46-year-old obese man hyperlipidemia ...

We present a 33-year-old Chinese woman with Wilson's disease in whom ultrasonography and computed tomography showed gallbladder features suggestive of acute cholecystitis. Incongruence in liver function prompted further investigations with the final diagnosis of Wilson's disease, complicated by oedema of the gallbladder mimicking acute cholecystitis. The patient was subsequently treated nonoper...

Background: Bradycardias have been reported (rarely) associated with acute cholecystitis. Data extraction: We here present the first reported case in which acute cholecystitis was associated with self-limited episodes of slow junctional escape (40/min) and marked sinus arrhythmia. Conclusion: Brady-arrhythmias have been associated with acute biliary disease consistent with the putative mechanis...

Abstract Aim The aim of this audit was to investigate how patients referred by the Emergency Department (ED) with biliary disease were managed. Also, identify a cohort which could be safely discharged from ED an outpatient US and follow up Surgical Assessment Unit. Method Data collected 23/11/20 11/12/20. inclusion criteria abdominal pain diagnosis disease. included blood results, results if th...

The study aimed at quantitative analysis of expression involving markers of mast cells (tryptase), monocytes/macrophages (CD68 molecule) and dendritic cells (S100 protein) in gallbladder mucosa with acute and chronic calculous cholecystitis. Routinely prepared tissue material from the patients with acute (ACC) (n = 16) and chronic calculous cholecystitis (CCC) (n = 55) was evaluated. Three cell...