The management of gall stones has changed as a result of new technologies such as ultrasound (B mode), endoscopic reterograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) and laparoscopic surgery and minimal invasive surgery has a considerable impact in common surgical procedures. The surgical management of patients presenting with acute cholecystitis remains controversial. Emergency laparoscopic cholecys...

Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain that can be fatal. We report a case of hemorrhagic cholecystitis in a 75-year-old male taking an anticoagulant. The patient was brought to the hospital with uncontrolled right upper quadrant abdominal pain. On computed tomography, mild gallbladder wall thickening and high density with gallstones in the gallbladder suggested acute ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis and establish the outcomes of this treatment modality at North Oakland Medical Centers. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis over a three-year period (January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1996), performed at a University-affiliated urban teaching hospital, North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, Michigan. Fi...

The aim of this article is to propose new criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis, based on a systematic review of the literature and a consensus of experts. A working group reviewed articles with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis and extracted the best current available evidence. In addition to the evidence and face-to-face discussio...

Acalculus eosinophilic cholecystitis is a variant of chronic cholecystitis which is an inflammation of gall bladder. Here we presents a case of female child of 10 years age with features of abdominal pain for 6 months which after investigations found to be of an eosinophilic cholecystitis cuased by Ascaris lumricoidesa rare entity.

Background: The most common lesion of the gallbladder is chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis but occasionally some rare lesions can also occur. Aims And Objectives: To assess the frequency of gallbladder lesions and to study their nature, age and sex prevalence Materials And Methods: The biopsy material received from June 2012 to May 2013 received in the department of pathology at our col...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS The aims of this study were to evaluate risk factors for acute cholecystitis that have been previously acknowledged and to evaluate several co-morbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular accident and end-stage renal disease for which the prevalence rate has increased in the elderly. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 611 pati...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to examine the correlation between age and gender and the presence of ultrasound findings of acute or chronic cholecystitis in adultpatients with cholelithiasis. METHOD The demographic data of all patients diagnosed with cholelithiasis and cholecystitis on ultrasound between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2006 were reviewed and statistically analysed. R...

BACKGROUND Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis is an unusual and destructive form of chronic cholecystitis and is indistinguishable from other forms of cholecystitis which makes preoperative diagnosis and surgery difficult. OBJECTIVES To review the demographic and clinical aspects of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis; to study the possibility of preoperative diagnosis and to identify the causes...

INTRODUCTION Gangrenous cholecystitis is a severe complication of acute cholecystitis. We present an unusual case of gangrenous cholecystitis which was totally asymptomatic, with normal pre-operative parameters, and was discovered incidentally during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We have not found any similar cases in the published literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 79-year-old British Caucasi...