Clinical Case Reports
Rapid Progression of Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis to Gangrenous Cholecystitis in an Initially Non‐Critically Ill Patient: A Case Report
By Rami Y. Adam, Sami J. Eldein, Mahmoud M. Mahmoud and 3 others.
Abstract
ABSTRACT Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is not confined to the critically ill and may behave like calculous disease. A 65‐year‐old hypertensive man with localized, stone‐free cholecystitis deteriorated on hospital Day 4 with peritonism, acidosis, and acute kidney injury. Emergency open cholecystectomy confirmed gangrene; deterioration warrants urgent source control.
Keywords
- acalculous cholecystitis
- acute cholecystitis
- acute kidney injury
- case report