ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS AND CHOLANGITIS CAUSED BY ECHINOCOCCUS-GRANULOSUS

Authors
ABOUKHALIL S SMITH BM MACLEAN JD POENARU D FRIED GM BRET P BARKUN AN
Citation
S. Aboukhalil et al., ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS AND CHOLANGITIS CAUSED BY ECHINOCOCCUS-GRANULOSUS, The American journal of gastroenterology, 91(4), 1996, pp. 805-807
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
805 - 807
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1996)91:4<805:ACACCB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report for the first time in the recent North American literature, the case of a patient with rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst into the gallbladder, with subsequent obstruction of the cystic duct by a daugh ter cyst acting as a ball-valve and causing acute acalculous cholecyst itis.