A rare case of primary EBV infection causing acute acalculous cholecystitis
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 Primary Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) infection in children is common and frequently asymptomatic. While symptomatic patients typically present with features of infectious mononucleosis, a rare complication of primary EBV is acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Sonia Shah, Sangeeta Schroeder
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Gallbladder Ejection Fraction is Unrelated to Gallbladder Pathology in Children and Adolescents [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives: Biliary dyskinesia is a common diagnosis that frequently results in cholecystectomy. In adults, most clinicians use a cut off value for the gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF) of
Bennett, William E. +4 more
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Increased rate of cholecystectomies performed with doubtful or no indications after laparoscopy introduction: a single center experience [PDF]
, 2013 Background During recent years laparoscopic cholecystectomy has dramatically increased, sometimes resulting in overtreatment. Aim of this work was to retrospectively analyze all laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed in a single center in order to find
Di Carlo, Isidoro +4 more
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Septate Gallbladder Finding Explains Acalculous Cholecystitis: Case Report & Review of the Literature [PDF]
, 2023 J Alfaifi
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Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients: current perspectives. [PDF]
, 2017 To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked FilesSecondary sclerosing cholangitis (SSC) is a term used for a group of chronic ...
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Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Induced by Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Case Reports in Hepatology, 2012 During the course of acute viral hepatitis, some functional and anatomical changes to the gallbladder can occur. Acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) is a rare complication of acute hepatitis B virus infection; only few cases are reported as ACC ...
Riyadh Ali Mohammed +2 more
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A case report of vanishing bile duct syndrome after exposure to pexidartinib (PLX3397) and paclitaxel. [PDF]
, 2019 Pexidartinib (PLX3397) is a small molecule tyrosine kinase and colony-stimulating factor-1 inhibitor with FDA breakthrough therapy designation for tenosynovial giant-cell tumor, and currently under study in several other tumor types, including breast ...
Chien, A Jo +5 more
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Post-traumatic Acalculous Cholecystitis; a Case Report
طب اورژانس ایران, 2015 Acalculous cholecystitis, is a rare disease with a high morbidity and mortality, which is developed due to various reasons, including trauma and burn. Its diagnosis is based on clinical suspicion and physical examination.
Majid Shojaee +2 more
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Acute ischemic cholecystitis in Takayasu’s syndrome – a rare finding [PDF]
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2018 Introduction. Takayasu’s arteritis or pulseless disease is a systemic inflammatory disease of an unknown etiology, affecting medium and large arteries and their branches, leading to stenosis, occlusions, or aneurysmal degeneration. It is more frequent in
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Epstein-Barr virus-associated cholestatic hepatitis [PDF]
, 2013 Epstein-Barr virus infection is common in children, usually presenting as infectious mononucleosis, including fever, tonsillitis and lymphadenopathy associated with self-resolving increase in transaminases. Cholestasis is rare in children with only a few
Cunha, F, Salva, I, Silva, IV
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