Acute cholecystitis due to strangulation of a floating gallbladder by the lesser omentum.
We report a unique case of acute cholecystitis due to strangulation of a floating gallbladder by the lesser omentum, which could be detected by abdominal ultrasonography. We believe this case to be the first case of reported literatures in English.
Ueo
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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin- Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Yazumi
S
S
Okuyama
S
S
Okada
Y
Y
Oono
T
T
Watanabe
M
M
Umehara
Y
Y
Honjo
H
H
Mitumoto
Y
Y
Mori
T
T
Tomioka
H
H
Mugitani
T
T
Mizuno
S
S
Chiba
T
T
Shimizu
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001964:Bromhexine; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002765:Cholecystography; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D009852:Omentum; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography
D001964:Bromhexine