Gallbladder & extrahepatic bile ducts
Cholecystitis
Gangrenous cholecystitis
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 September 2012
Last staff update: 22 April 2024 (update in progress)
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PubMed Search: Gangrenous cholecystitis gallbladder[TI]
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Definition / general
- Occurs in 15% of acute cholecystitis cases
- Mural infarction, with perforation in 25%
- Associated with Clostridium perfringens and air in gallbladder (pneumobilia)
- High mortality rate
Case reports
- 79 year old man with acute cholecystitis (J Med Case Rep 2011;5:199)
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