ALLMedicine Acalculous Cholecystitis Center

Apr 27th, 2020 - Background: Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an inflammation of the gallbladder without gallstones in the setting of critical illness. It represents 2%-15% of acute cholecystitis (AC) cases. Bacteremia is associated with increased morbidity...

Apr 1st, 2020 - The patient was a 67-year-old man with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) due to chronic hepatitis B. Due to refractoriness to radiofrequency ablation and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, lenvatinib, a new oral mutikinase inhibitor, ...

Feb 12th, 2020 - Although cholecystectomy is generally recommended for acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) treatment, non-surgical management can be considered in patients at a high risk for surgery. This study compared outcomes of surgical and non-surgical manag...

Feb 11th, 2020 - Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Related to Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.|2020|Suda T,Oishi N,Hirose K,|

Sep 12th, 2019 - Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an infrequently encountered clinical condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Viral infection associated AAC is rare, but it is most commonly associated with Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegaloviru...

Apr 27th, 2020 - Background: Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an inflammation of the gallbladder without gallstones in the setting of critical illness. It represents 2%-15% of acute cholecystitis (AC) cases. Bacteremia is associated with increased morbidity...

Apr 1st, 2020 - The patient was a 67-year-old man with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) due to chronic hepatitis B. Due to refractoriness to radiofrequency ablation and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, lenvatinib, a new oral mutikinase inhibitor, ...

Feb 12th, 2020 - Although cholecystectomy is generally recommended for acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) treatment, non-surgical management can be considered in patients at a high risk for surgery. This study compared outcomes of surgical and non-surgical manag...

Feb 11th, 2020 - Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Related to Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.|2020|Suda T,Oishi N,Hirose K,|

Sep 12th, 2019 - Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an infrequently encountered clinical condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Viral infection associated AAC is rare, but it is most commonly associated with Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegaloviru...

Apr 11th, 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...

Abstract and Introduction Cryptosporidiosis is a leading protozoan cause of diarrhea and is a particular problem in immunocompromised patients. Cryptosporidium may be transmitted by person-to-person or animal-to-person contact or in contaminated w...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Introduction: Acute acalculous cholecystitis is traditionally associated with elderly or critically ill patients. Case presentation: We present the case of an otherwise healthy 23-year-old Caucasian man who prese...

Abstract and Introduction Acute acalculous cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of gallstones. It usually occurs in critically ill patients and is rare in the pediatric age group. We describe a 12-year-old boy who presen...