title: [An acute pseudo-cholecystitis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, C.H.U. de Charleroi, Site de Charleroi, U.L.B.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dequanter
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takieddine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Belva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaneukem
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D004492:Edetic Acid