[Emphysematous cholecystitis].
Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a rare and dramatic disease that requires prompt therapeutic procedures. The authors report a case of a 70-year-old-woman, admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Infectious Diseases of the Santa Maria Hospital, with the diagnosis of EC. The literature on EC is also reviewed.
Freitas
L
L
Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Santa Maria.
Do Carmo
G
G
Caldeira
L
L
Farto e Abreu
J
J
Lélis
M
M
Doroana
M
M
D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
Colecistite enfisematosa.