HERPES-ZOSTER MISTAKEN FOR BILIARY COLIC AND TREATED BY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY - A CAUTIONARY CASE-REPORT

Authors
HASSAN I DONOHUE JH
Citation
I. Hassan et Jh. Donohue, HERPES-ZOSTER MISTAKEN FOR BILIARY COLIC AND TREATED BY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY - A CAUTIONARY CASE-REPORT, Surgical endoscopy, 10(8), 1996, pp. 848-849
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
10
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
848 - 849
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1996)10:8<848:HMFBCA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Herpes tester must be included in the differential diagnosis of acute right upper quadrant pain. The presence of a dermatomal vesicular rash should be considered a contraindication to surgical intervention.