[An acute pseudo-cholecystitis].
In an emergency department, many patients were admitted with abdominal pain. The problem is to made the right diagnosis between an acute abdomen that must be manage by a medical approach and an acute abdomen with immediate surgical treatment. We present the case of a 44 year-old man admitted in our emergency department with clinical signs of acute cholecystitis. After a new interrogation and the inadequacy of the diagnostic procedures a lead intoxication treated by a medical approach was diagnosed.
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Service de Chirurgie Digestive, C.H.U. de Charleroi, Site de Charleroi, U.L.B.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D002614:Chelating Agents; D004492:Edetic Acid