Gallbladder torsion presenting as chest pain.
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.
Ferguson
Henry John Murray
HJ
City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. fergusonh@doctors.org.uk
Bhalerao
Satish
S
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