OBJECTIVE Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is traditionally known to occur in critically ill patients and to have a poor prognosis. Although cholecystectomy is usually recommended for treating AAC, nonsurgical management may be a good alternative. The objective of this study was to review the incidence, risk factors, treatment modality, and therapeutic outcomes of AAC compared to acute calc...

Last one decade has seen a rapid expansion of indications and technical feasibility for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided interventions. EUS-guided gallbladder (GB) drainage is gradually emerging as an option among patients who are not eligible for surgical intervention. Calculous and acalculous cholecystitis, biliary malignancy with patent cystic duct and GB hydrops are few of the indications...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis may develop in patients suffering from necrotizing pancreatitis. Conversely, acute pancreatitis may complicate acute gallbladder disease. We present a case that lends support to the existence of another possibility: gallbladder necrosis caused by direct extension of the necrotizing pancreatitic process.

Most hepatitis A infections are acute, self-limiting, and asymptomatic. In rare instances, extra hepatic complication, such as acute cholecystitis, may emerge. Acute cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder wall classified into calculus acalculus. About 90–95% cases brought on by bile duct stones. acalculous can be structural functional abnormalities in viral infection. Here we present ...

Acute cholecystitis can arise in two distinct patient populations: (1) the relatively healthy ambulatory patient who develops acute inflammation of the gallbladder as a result of gallstones and (2) the critically ill, hospitalized patient who may or may not have gallstones. For most patients with acute calculous cholecystitis, surgical removal of the gallbladder is the preferred treatment optio...