title: Empyema of the gallbladder associated with cold agglutinin disease.
abstract: A 66-year-old man with jaundice and a high titered cold agglutinin was found to have empyema of the gallbladder, a complication of cystic duct cholelithiasis, confirmed at autopsy. Biliary lithiasis was the apparent result of severe, protracted hemolysis caused by primary cold agglutinin disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000373:Agglutinins; D001323:Autoantibodies; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003549:Cystic Duct; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000373:Agglutinins; D001323:Autoantibodies