Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a teenager with hepatitis a virus infection: a case report.
Acute viral hepatitis A is a common systemic infection in children, especially in developing countries. Acute acalculous cholecystitis in the course of this infection is a rare and poorly reported event that needs to be diagnosed because of the possibility of complications, such as gangrene and perforation of the gallbladder wall. We present the case of a 16-year-old teenager with clinical and ultrasonographic findings of acalculous cholecystitis during an episode of hepatitis A virus infection, which took place December 2007 in Plantadores de Cana Hospital.
Souza
Luiz José de
LJ
The Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine, RJ, Brazil. sbcm.rol@terra.com.br
Braga
Lílian Costa
LC
Rocha
Natally de Souza Maciel
Nde S
Tavares
Rachel Ribeiro
RR
D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male