Vol. 8 No. 1 (2004)
Case Report

Emphysematous Cholecystitis: An Unusual Presentation of a Rare Disease

PDF
  • Daniel B de Araujo,
  • D´écio V Renck,
  • Marcelo AP de Britto,
  • Danise S Oliveira,
  • Fernanda T Lauermann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v8i1.379

Published 2020-12-01

Keywords

  • emphysematous cholecystitis,
  • case report

How to Cite

1.
de Araujo DB, Renck DV, de Britto MA, Oliveira DS, Lauermann FT. Emphysematous Cholecystitis: An Unusual Presentation of a Rare Disease. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 7];8(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/379
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

Abstract

We report a case of radiological diagnosis of emphysematous cholecystitis, a relatively rare form of acute cholecystitis, in a non-diabetic 55-year-old woman. This case is unique given that this pathology is most commonly seen in diabetic male patients. The purpose of this article is to highlight a case of emphysematous cholecystitis in an unexpected population and discuss the clinical features, the diagnostic methods and the treatment.

PDF

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

  1. Gill KS, Chapman AH, Weston MJ: The changing face of emphysematous cholecystitis. Br J Radiol 1997;70:986-991.
  2. Jolly BT, Love JN. Emphysematous cholecystitis in an elderly woman: case report and review of the literature. J Emerg Med 1993;11:593-7.
  3. Hunter GD, Nardi GL. Acute emphysematous cholecystitis: an ultrasonic diagnosis. Am J Roentgend 1980;134:592.
  4. Waisberg J, Bento JA, Oriente R, et al. Colecistite aguda enfisematosa. Relato de um caso e revisão da literatura. Arq Gastroenterol 1987;24:30-35.
  5. Mammen L, Watkins GE. Case of the month: Emphysematous cholecystitis. Appl Radiol 2000;Oct 36-38.
  6. Abengowe CU, McMamon PJM. Acute emphysematous cholecystitis. Can Med Assoc J 1974;111:1112.
  7. Wu CS, Yao WJ, Hsiao CH. Effervescent gallbladder: sonographic findings in emphysematous cholecystitis. J Clin Ultrassound 1998;26:272-75.
  8. Fraquet T, Bescos JM, Barberena J, Montes M: Acoustic artifacts and reverberation shadows in gallbladder sonogranms: Their cause and clinical implications. Gastro Intest Radiol 1990,;15:223-228.
  9. Rosoff L, Meyers H. Acute emphysematous cholecystitis. An analysis of ten cases. Am J Surg 1966;111:410-414.
  10. Garcia-Sancho Tellez L, Rodrigues-Montes JA, Fernandez de Lis S, Garcia-Sancho Manrtin L. Acute emphysematous cholecystitis. Report of twenty cases. Hepatogastroenterology 1999;46:2144-8.
  11. Lilemoe, KD. Surgical treatment of biliary tract infections. The Amer Surg 2000;66:138-144.
  12. Prakash K, Jacob G, Lekha V, Venugopal A, Venugopal B, Ramesh H. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Surg Endosc 2002;16:180-3.
  13. Banwell PE, Hill AD, Menzies-Gow D. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: safe and feasible in emphysematous cholecystitis. Surg Laparosc Endosc 1994;4(3):189-91.
  14. Hazey JW, Brody FJ, Rosenblatt SM, Brodsky J, Malm J, Ponsky JL. Laparoscopic management and clinical outcome of emphysematous cholecystitis. Surg Endosc 2001;15:1217-20.
  15. Puc MM, Trans HS, Wry PW, Ross SE. Ultrasound is not a useful screening tool for acute acalculous cholecystitis in critically ill trauma patients. Am Surg 2002;68:65-9.
  16. Slot WB, Ooms HW, Van der Werf SD, Puylaert JB. Percutaneous gallbladder drainage in emphysematous cholecystitis. Neth J Med 1995;46:86-9.
  17. Távora I, Alvares P, Tavares A, Vitor L, Fernandes A, Afonso JG. Percutaneous cholecystectomy. Alternative therapy for acute emphysematous cholecystitis. Acta Med Port 1995;8:39-41.