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- Title
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acalculous, gangrenous cholecystitis on an outpatient COVID-19 adult: a case report.
- Authors
Liapis, Stavros Chrysovalantis; Stavrou, Alexios; Perivoliotis, Konstantinos; Christodoulou, Prokopis; Kalodimos, Georgios; Kitsakis, Georgios; Kapatou, Kassiani; Ziamas, Dimitrios; Lytras, Dimitrios
- Abstract
We report the rare case of an acalculous, gangrenous cholecystitis on a, previously healthy, outpatient COVID-19 adult. The 53-year-old patient presented to the emergency department due to epigastric pain and fever and was admitted to the COVID-19 department. Due to clinical and laboratory deterioration, a computed tomography scan was performed that confirmed the diagnosis of acalculous cholecystitis. The patient was submitted to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Intraoperatively, a gangrenous gallbladder was identified. Immunohistology validated the presence of specimen wall vasculitis and vessel thrombosis.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; CHOLECYSTITIS; ACALCULOUS cholecystitis; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2022, Vol 2022, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjac205