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Acalculous Cholecystitis in the Neonate

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1985
Pediatric acalculous cholecystitis is a well-described though uncommon affliction. However, during the neonatal period nonlithogenic biliary disease is extremely unusual and only isolated reports of this problem exist. Nine previously reported cases are reviewed, and an additional case of a 6-day-old female neonate with a right-upper-quadrant mass is ...
V C, Traynelis, E E, Hrabovsky
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Posttraumatic Acalculous Cholecystitis

Archives of Surgery, 1968
ACUTE cholecystitis has been reported following operative procedures not related to the gallbladder.1-9To the best of our knowledge, acalculous cholecystitis following traumatic injury not involving the gallbladder and without antecedent surgery has not been reported.
I, Mandelbaum, R M, Palmer
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LAPAROSCOPY AND ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1994
Acalculous cholecystitis is probably more common than the medical literature would suggest. This paper reviews a series of 13 patients who presented with symptoms of cholecystitis and who had normal ultrasound or cholecystogram examinations. Eleven patients underwent cholecystectomy and all had their symptoms ameliorated or cured.
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis

The American Journal of Surgery, 1981
Sixty-three patients, 49 men and 14 women, developed acute cholecystitis without gallbladder stones. Only eight patients had a history suggestive of gallbladder disease. In 17 patients cholecystitis developed in the postoperative period, and cholecystitis occurred in 7 patients who had extensive trauma.
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis: A complication of hyperalimentation

The American Journal of Surgery, 1979
In a 5 year period, eight patients in whom acute acalculous cholecystitis developed during intravenous hyperalimentation are reviewed with emphasis on factors contributing to pathogenesis. Gallbladder distention, biliary stasis, and bile inspissation, thought to be important in the pathogenesis of this disease, are enhanced with the use of ...
S R, Petersen, G F, Sheldon
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Focal acute acalculous cholecystitis

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1987
Acute acalculous cholecystitis, like calculous cholecystitis, generally shows diffuse inflammation throughout the gallbladder and cystic duct obstruction. Nonvisualization of the gallbladder on hepatobiliary scanning is typical [1 , 2]. We report an unusual case of acute acalculous cholecystitis in which acute inflammation was focal but severe enough ...
D, Warshauer, G, Scott, A, Gottschalk
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Acalculous cholecystitis in Nigerian children

Pediatric Surgery International, 2003
Sixteen children with acalculous cholecystitis (AC) were treated over a 9-year period (13 male and 3 female). Their ages ranged from 8 to 18 years (median 11). Eight (50%) presented with complications (perforation 4, gangrene 2, empyema 2); 13 (80%) presented with acute AC with a duration of symptoms of 2 weeks or less while 3 (20%) presented with ...
L B, Chirdan, D, Iya, V M, Ramyil, A Z, Sule, A F, Uba, B T, Ugwu   +5 more
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Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis: A Review

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2010
Although recognized for more than 150 years, acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) remains an elusive diagnosis. This is likely because of the complex clinical setting in which this entity develops, the lack of large prospective controlled trials that evaluate various diagnostic modalities, and thus dependence on a small data base for clinical decision ...
Jason L, Huffman, Steven, Schenker
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1968
Abstract Acute acalculous cholecystitis is not frequently encountered at any age. Hoerr and Hazard have attested to the fact that in adults acalculous cholecystitis may occur in 5 per cent of all patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease. 1 The incidence of this disorder in childhood is equally rare.
C, Marks, J, Espinosa, L J, Hyman
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Acalculous cholecystitis in burned patients

The American Journal of Surgery, 1971
Abstract Ten cases of acalculous cholecystitis in burned patients are reviewed. The disorder appears to be associated with overwhelming bacterial invasion or other postburn complications leading to dehydration or necessitating surgery. Recommendations regarding prophylaxis and therapy are made.
A M, Munster, M N, Goodwin, B A, Pruitt
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