Abstract:Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is defined as acute necrotic inflammation of the gall bladder without stone disease. It commonly occurs in ICU patients associated with major trauma, burns, multiorgan failure patients, post major surgery, end stage malignancies, severe sepsis. Here we present a case of acute acalculous cholecystitis with gangrenous formation in a middle-aged outpatient without any prior illness. He was a hypertensive on medications came with complains of abdominal pain. Clinical examinatio… Show more
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