Acute acalculous cholecystitis in an outpatient setting
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Date
2006Author
Awori, K O
Saidi, Saidi H
Kiptoon, D K
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) typically affects hospitalized patients with critical illness.
Outpatient AAC is reported to occur in elderly males with cardiovascular comorbidities. We
report the presentation of acute acalculous cholecystitis in two young African men admitted for the
first time within days of each other. They reported short histories of right upper abdominal pain
and had tender gallbladders. Sonography revealed gallbladder wall thickening. Open
cholecystectomy and histology confirmed AAC.The postoperative outcome was excellent.
Recognition of AAC in a subset of young male patients presenting de novo with right upper
quadrant pain is stressed. Cholecystectomy has good prognosis in these cases.
Citation
East And Central African Journal of Surgery Volume 11 Number 2.Publisher
University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital
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