title: [Torsion of the gallbladder--a rare cause of acute cholecystitis].
abstract: Torsion of the gallbladder with onset of gangrene is a rare condition which is generally due to an abnormal anatomical variation: loss of the fixation of the organ to the inferior margin of the liver with the presence of a long mesocyst. This case shows that ultrasound is able to make the right diagnosis which was so often confirmed not before laparotomy. In the future lethality should be reduced by early operation.
authors.affiliation: Marienhospital Herne, Chirurgische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hillejan
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Krawzak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mertensmeier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hohlbach
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D014102:Torsion Abnormality
vernacular_title: Die Torsion der Gallenblase -- eine seltene Ursache der akuten Cholecystitis.