ALLMedicine™ Acalculous Cholecystitis Center

Jul 30th, 2021 - Primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection may present with self-limiting abdominal involvement, characterized by hepatitis with mild elevation of aminotransferases, splenomegaly, and rarely with acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC). Usually, trea...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Acute retroviral syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which often manifests as a self-limited infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome and occurs 2 to 6 weeks after exposure to HIV. Atypical...

Jul 14th, 2021 - Eosinophilic granulomatosis polyangiitis associated with acute acalculous cholecystitis.|2021|Takeda E,Shikino K,|diagnostic imaging,etiology,complications,diagnosis,complications,diagnosis,

Jun 5th, 2021 - Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an extremely rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). In previous reports, most of the patients were already diagnosed cases of SLE upon confirmation of AAC. A 24-year-old female who initiall...

May 12th, 2021 - Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 20-year-old woman.|2021|Nakagawa H,Miyata Y,|

May 6th, 2019 - Although right upper quadrant pain is a very common clinical presentation, it can be nonspecific. However, acute cholecystitis is very often the diagnosis of exclusion. This review focuses on the recommended imaging evaluation in the most commonly...

Mar 30th, 2015 - Gallbladder disease continues to be a major healthcare problem in the United States with more than 750,000 cholecystectomies being performed each year. In the last decade, the proportion of elective cholecystectomies performed for chronic acalculo...

Apr 12th, 2018 - Several new and potentially life-threatening adverse events associated with the use of alemtuzumab (Lemtrada, Genzyme) in multiple sclerosis (MS) have been reported. Three separate papers published online in Neurology on March 30 describe eight ca...

Apr 6th, 2018 - Action Points Note that several case reports document severe side effects associated with alemtuzumab use in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Acute acalculous cholecystitis has been previously reported and now appears on the p...

Conclusion While acute cholecystitis is not an uncommon entity for which the diagnosis is usually made promptly, gallbladder perforation resulting from prolonged obstruction of the cystic duct is rarely seen. It is, however, more commonly seen (al...

Case Summary A 68-year-old male presented to the emergency department with worsening abdominal pain, which started four days prior. The pain was diffuse but more pronounced on the right side. Patient also complained of periodic non-bloody, non-bil...

Case Summary A 68-year-old male presented to the emergency department with worsening abdominal pain, which started four days prior. The pain was diffuse but more pronounced on the right side. Patient also complained of periodic non-bloody, non-bil...