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Date Published: 21/04/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v511i2.2129
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Vol. 511 No. 2 (2022)
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Đình Minh, N. ., Thanh Dũng, L. ., Sỹ Lánh, N., Sỹ Lánh, N., & Quang Lộc, T. . (2022). EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS: A CASE REPORT. Vietnam Medical Journal, 511(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v511i2.2129

EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS: A CASE REPORT

Nguyễn Đình Minh1,, Lê Thanh Dũng1, Nguyễn Sỹ Lánh1, Nguyễn Sỹ Lánh1, Trần Quang Lộc2
1 Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital
2 Hanoi Medical University

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Abstract

Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a rare but deadly variant of acute cholecystitis. A prompt diagnosis is essential to minimize the morbidity and mortality rates associated with EC. We report a case of an 89-year-old female patient with brutal epigastric abdominal pain. On ultrasound and CTscan, the diagnosis was an emphysematous cholecystitis. The patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and abdominal lavage. The pathological results showed that the gallbladder wall was completely necrotic, densely infiltrated with purulent inflammatory cells.

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Emphysematous cholecystitis, acute cholecystitis, computed tomography

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