Acute cholecystitis and cholangitis caused by Echinococcus granulosus.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report for the first time in the recent North American literature, the case of a patient with rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst into the gallbladder, with subsequent obstruction of the cystic duct by a daughter cyst acting as a ball-valve and causing acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Medical subject headings
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Echinococcosis, Hepatic