title: Free perforation of the gallbladder with special reference to diagnostic paracentesis.
abstract: We report two cases of free perforation of the gallbladder in young women and emphasize the role of diagnostic abdominal paracentesis in making the correct preoperative diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications