Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the development of acute cholecystitis toward gangrenous cholecystitis in an Iranian society.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all patients who underwent cholecystectomy in the educational hospitals of Khorramabad from August 2013 to August 2016 were included in the study regardless of their age ran...

Background: Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare variant of acute cholecystitis with high mortality and morbidity rate. Emphysematous cholecystitis most often occurs in older men and Emphysematous cholecystitis often occurs in patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and vascular disease. The combination of emphysematous cholecystitis and pneumoperitoneum is even rarer. In this study, w...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the development of acute cholecystitis toward gangrenous cholecystitis in an Iranian society.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all patients who underwent cholecystectomy in the educational hospitals of Khorramabad from August 2013 to August 2016 were included in the study regardless of their age ran...

Background: Cholecystitis is one of the major digestive diseases. Its prevalence is particularly high in some populations. Significant risk factors associated with cholecystitis include age, sex, obesity, diet, parity and type 2 diabetes. Objective: To determine the association between HLA-DRB1 and cholecystitis. Methods: This casecontrol study included forty Iraqi Arab patients who had cholecy...

eosinophilic cholecystitis (ec) is a rare entity that presents in a manner comparable to acute cholecystitis. the diagnosis is based on classical symptoms of cholecystitis with the presence of eosinophils (>90%) within the gallbladder. ec has been reported alone (idiopathic ec) or in combination with manifestations such as eosinophilic cholangitis, hypereosinophilic syndromes, and parasitic inf...

Cholecystitis presents as acute or chronic. Severity of cholecystitis depends on several factors.  Aim of this study was to evaluate severity of laparoscopic cholecystectomy findings based on gender type. In a retrospective and epidemiological study, a total of 101 patients who were underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected from 2001 to 2006 in university affiliated hospitals of Ahwa...

background: cholecystitis is one of the major digestive diseases. its prevalence is particularly high in some populations. significant risk factors associated with cholecystitis include age, sex, obesity, diet, parity and type 2 diabetes. objective: to determine the association between hla-drb1 and cholecystitis. methods: this casecontrol study included forty iraqi arab patients who had cholecy...

Cholecystitis presents as acute or chronic. Severity of cholecystitis depends on several factors.  Aim of this study was to evaluate severity of laparoscopic cholecystectomy findings based on gender type. In a retrospective and epidemiological study, a total of 101 patients who were underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected from 2001 to 2006 in university affiliated hospitals of Ahwa...

Brucellosis is a rare cause of acute acalculous cholecystitis.  We report a 45-year-old, previously healthy, man with brucellosis who presented with abdominal pain due to cholecystitis.