Mimicry of acute cholecystitis from Wilson's disease.
We present a 33-year-old Chinese woman with Wilson's disease in whom ultrasonography and computed tomography showed gallbladder features suggestive of acute cholecystitis. Incongruence in liver function prompted further investigations with the final diagnosis of Wilson's disease, complicated by oedema of the gallbladder mimicking acute cholecystitis. The patient was subsequently treated nonoperatively, and is well on follow-up.
Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074. surv7@nus.edu.sg
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Chang
C L M
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Chan
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Yu
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Wai
D000328:Adult; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010406:Penicillins; D017967:Zinc Compounds