BACKGROUND Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is traditionally known to occur in critically ill patients, following cardiac surgery, abdominal vascular surgery, severe trauma, burns, prolonged fasting, total parenteral nutrition, or sepsis, and is believed to have a worse prognosis as compared with acute cholecystitis associated with stones. Our observation of de novo presentation of AAC in s...

Metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma is commonly found in the lung, liver, or peritoneum. Common bile duct (CBD) tumors related to adenomas from familial adenomatous polyposis metastasizing from outside of the gastrointestinal tract have been reported. We report a case of biliary colic due to metastatic colon adenocarcinoma to the CBD. Obstructive jaundice with signs of acalculous cholecystitis o...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is defined as acute inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of gallstones. AAC occurs in patients after major surgery and in the presence of serious co-morbidities such as severe trauma, burns, sepsis, prolonged intravenous hyperalimentation and hemodynamic instability. AAC is rare in patients with none of the established risk factors. We present a ca...

The incidence of pediatric acute inflammatory gallbladder (GB) disease without gallstone such as acute acalculous cholecystitis has increased with the development of improved diagnostic modalities. Although Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is common in general population, only few cases of GB diseases caused by EBV infection have been reported. This study analyzed ultrasonographic characteris...

Pseudoaneurysms of the cystic artery are rare complications related to cholecystitis. A 74-year-old male visited our Emergency Department (ED) for abdominal pain. He was febrile and jaundiced. However, no hematemesis or melena was noted. Physical examination showed no Murphy sign. Computer Tomography (CT) showed a pseudoaneurysm near the gallbladder fossa. The patient was managed with transcath...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis is increasingly being recognised as a complication of critical illness. The disease usually develops on a background of prolonged illness following multiple trauma, extensive burns, severe sepsis, major surgery or drug overdosage. The clinical picture is virtually indistinguishable from acute obstructive cholecystitis and the diagnosis is often made at laparotomy....

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) is most frequently reported in critically ill patients following sepsis, extensive injury or surgery. It is rather uncommon as a chemotherapy-induced complication, which is usually life-threatening in neutropenic patients subjected to myelosuppressive therapy. A 23-year-old patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was subjected to myelosuppressive chemother...