Pneumobilia as the sole radiographic finding in emphysematous cholecystitis.
Emphysematous cholecystitis is an uncommon variant of acute cholecystitis. Pneumobilia with air in the biliary radicles is rarely seen in the disease and has been previously described in only four cases which the author could find in the English literature. Herein, we report a fifth case and a brief review of the literature.
D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002765:Cholecystography; D004646:Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male