Acute emphysematous cholecystitis as a cause of pneumoperitoneum.
The authors report a rare case of acute emphysematous cholecystitis with pneumoperitoneum. Emphysematous cholecystitis is an uncommon variant of acute cholecystitis. Association with pneumoperitoneum is very rare and the finding of a macroscopic perforation of the gallbladder is possible only in a few cases. A review of the literature revealed 15 other cases of this combination. Diagnostic options and treatment modalities in these patients are discussed here.
Modini
Claudio
C
Department of Emergency, Rome La Sapienza University, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Rome.
Clementi
Ilaria
I
Simonelli
Luigi
L
Antoniozzi
Angelo
A
Assenza
Marco
M
Ciccarone
Flavia
F
Bartolucci
Piero
P
Ricci
Gabriele
G
Petroni
Roberta
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D041882:Emphysematous Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*