title: Infected peri-pancreatic necrosis causing gallbladder necrosis by direct extension.
abstract: Acute acalculous cholecystitis may develop in patients suffering from necrotizing pancreatitis. Conversely, acute pancreatitis may complicate acute gallbladder disease. We present a case that lends support to the existence of another possibility: gallbladder necrosis caused by direct extension of the necrotizing pancreatitic process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assalia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmulevski
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meislin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashmonai
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*