title: [Acute non-calculous cholecystitis].
abstract: The authors compared their own clinical experience with existing literature and noticed that acute non-calculous cholecystitis is a clinical picture with explosive evolution and a very high mortality, presenting atypical clinical signs in very ill patients recovering from previous non-surgical disease. In a series of 350 operations on gallbladder and biliary ducts over a five years period 86 cases of acute cholecystitis were confirmed. Only 4 were proven to be acute acalculous cholecystitis. This means 1.14% on the whole series and 4.65% on the series of acute cholecystitis. Early diagnosis and immediate surgery are needed to reduce mortality.
authors.affiliation: Dienst Algemene en Thoracovasculaire Heelkunde, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares, Sint-Niklaas.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janssens de Varebeke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Osselaer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Acute acalculeuze cholecystitis.