1/8. empyema of gallbladder in a child with homozygous sickle-cell disease.A 13-year-old boy with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease followed from birth in a cohort study of sickle-cell disease developed empyema of the gallbladder after a known 3-year history of gallstones. At this age, gallstones occur in 30% of cohort study children with SS disease but this is the first patient with specific symptoms.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/8. Whole-body nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: the first report of its use in surgical practice.This is the first report of whole-body nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging being of value in clinical surgery. Following aortobifemoral grafting, a 54-year-old man developed a pyrexia and hypotension which did not respond to antibiotic therapy and which was thought to be caused by early graft infection. Whole-body NMR imaging showed the graft and iliac arteries to be normal and an empyema of the gallbladder to be present, NMR imaging is a safe, non-invasive technique for imaging the body in transverse sections and specifically measures the water concentration of tissues, enabling normal and inflamed tissues to be differentiated.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.2keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/8. Renal pseudotumor on urography secondary to gallbladder empyema.A case of gallbladder empyema is presented, which opacified initially on excretory urography and then on nephrotomography, mimicking a renal mass. Correct diagnosis was accomplished by angiography and ultrasound examination. With normal renal function gallbladder visualization on urography is indicative of a gallbladder abnormality.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.4keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/8. Ultrasonically guided percutaneous catheter drainage for gallbladder empyema.A gallbladder empyema developed in a 54-year-old, seriously ill female, suffering of a neurological affection. In this paper we describe a successful catheter drainage of this empyema under ultrasonic guidance. As far as we could trace, this has not been documented previously.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/8. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of gangrenous cholecystitis and empyema of the gallbladder.The ultrasonographic appearance of five cases of acute cholecystitis which progressed to either gangrenous necrosis or empyema of the gallbladder is presented with clinical, surgical and pathological correlation. A typical pattern consisted of diffuse, medium-to-coarse intraluminal echoes within the gallbladder which did not show layering or acoustical shadowing. Other findings, including thickening of the gallbladder wall and localized peritoneal fluid collections, are described. It is concluded that cholecystosonography can be of considerable value in the early diagnosis of these serious complications of acute cholecystitis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.4keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/8. empyema of the gallbladder associated with cold agglutinin disease.A 66-year-old man with jaundice and a high titered cold agglutinin was found to have empyema of the gallbladder, a complication of cystic duct cholelithiasis, confirmed at autopsy. Biliary lithiasis was the apparent result of severe, protracted hemolysis caused by primary cold agglutinin disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/8. leiomyosarcoma of gallbladder: a case report.A case of leiomyosarcoma of gallbladder, a rare tumor in hepatobiliary region, is reported. The present case differs from previously reported cases in its presentation with empyema of gallbladder and multiple intrahepatic cholangiolytic abscesses. Curative surgery could not be undertaken on account of poor condition of patient, and invasion of tumor into liver and adjacent organs.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1.2keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/8. acalculous cholecystitis and septicemia caused by non-O1 vibrio cholerae: first reported case and review of biliary infections with vibrio cholerae.The first case of septicemic acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by non-O1 vibrio cholerae is described in a healthy traveler, and biliary tract infections from V. cholerae are reviewed. Immediately after a vacation in Cancun, mexico, a 55-year-old man developed acute cholecystitis. blood and bile cultures grew non-O1 V. cholerae. At surgery, the gallbladder was acalculous, inflamed, distended, and nearly ruptured. Pathogenetic factors may have included diarrhea prophylaxis with bismuth subsalicylate, distension of the gallbladder from illness-induced fasting, and bacterial toxins in the gallbladder. The patient received i.v. cephapirin, followed by oral cephradine for a total of 10 days, and he made a quick and complete recovery. V. cholerae should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persons from endemic areas who present with cholecystitis or acute jaundice.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.6keywords = gallbladder (Clic here for more details about this article) |