title: Gallbladder torsion presenting as chest pain.
abstract: While acute torsion of the gallbladder is an uncommon pathology, as this case demonstrates, it can present with sudden onset of chest pain, and must be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis in this patient demographic if early recognition and definitive management are to be made possible.
authors.affiliation: City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. fergusonh@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Henry John Murray
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhalerao
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis