Avulsion of the gallbladder following trivial injury.
Traumatic cholecystectomy is a rare condition that has always been described in the context of major trauma and associated liver or biliary injuries. We present a case of isolated traumatic cholecystectomy following a trivial injury which resulted in both a delayed presentation and a difficult diagnosis.
Brennan
P M
PM
Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), The University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
Welsh
F K S
FK
Lyness
C
C
Bathgate
A J
AJ
Wigmore
S J
SJ
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D002765:Cholecystography; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*