title: A rare complication of acute cholecystitis: transhepatic perforation associated with massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage.
abstract: A 2 to 11% of the patients with acute cholecystitis that will develop gallbladder perforation and massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage as a result of perforation will rarely be seen. Massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage associated with the transhepatic perforation is very uncommon. By this article, we anticipate presenting clinical and radiological findings in a case that has acute cholecystitis with massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage associated with transhepatic perforation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey. msnural@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet Selim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nural
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakan
authors.forename: Ilkay Koray
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Bayrak
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baydin
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danaci
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed