Acta Médica Portuguesa (Sep 1992)

Colecistite enfisematosa.

  • L Freitas,
  • G Do Carmo,
  • L Caldeira,
  • J Farto e Abreu,
  • M Lélis,
  • M Doroana

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.4141
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 8

Abstract

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Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a rare and dramatic disease that requires prompt therapeutic procedures. The authors report a case of a 70-year-old-woman, admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Infectious Diseases of the Santa Maria Hospital, with the diagnosis of EC. The literature on EC is also reviewed.