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ArticleCureus2020

Emphysematous Cholecystitis and Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Unusual Combination of Critical Pathology in a Healthy Young Patient.

Ahmad Abu Amr, Mohannad Al-Tarakji, Fakhar Shahid, Sania Razzaq, Syed Muhammad Ali

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ahmad Abu AmrGeneral Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Mohannad Al-TarakjiAcute Care Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Fakhar ShahidGeneral Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Sania RazzaqRadiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, QAT.
Syed Muhammad AliSurgery, Weill Cornell Medical School, Doha, QAT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emphysematous cholecystitis (EC) is a rare form of severe cholecystitis, more common among old, frail males, with comorbidities like diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease. The coexistence of emphysematous cholecystitis with necrotizing pancreatitis is extremely uncommon and in the literature, though it has been reported, no case was of a young patient like the one we are describing. He was treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and his pancreatitis managed conservatively.

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emphysematous cholecystitislaparoscopic cholecystectomynecrotizing pancreatitis

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PMID32953350
PMCPMC7497293

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