ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2020
Post COVID 19 acute acalculous cholecystitis raising the possibility of underlying dysregulated immune response, a case report.
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- The Spectrum of Antibiotic Prescribing During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review.Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2021Pooled it
- Acalculous Cholecystitis as an Atypical Presentation of Viral Pericarditis: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2025Article
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- Independent Predictors and Causes of Thirty-Day Gastrointestinal Readmissions Following COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations: Analysis of the National Readmission Database.Gastroenterology research · 2023Article
- Acute acalculous cholecystitis as a rare gastroenterological association of COVID-19: a case series and systematic review.Journal of clinical and translational research · 2023Review
- Post-COVID-19-associated multiorgan complications or "long COVID" with literature review and management strategy discussion: A meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2023Article
- A Surgical Perspective of Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Complications of COVID-19 Infection.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 2023Review
- The incidence of acute acalculous cholecystitis in critically ill COVID-19 patients.Acute and critical care · 2022Article
- Emergent laparoscopic surgical intervention for perforated hemorrhagic cholecystitis with hemodynamic instability.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Acute acalculous cholecystitis as an early manifestation of COVID-19: case report and literature review.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Review
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acalculous, gangrenous cholecystitis on an outpatient COVID-19 adult: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Cholecystitis as a Possible Immunologic Consequence of COVID-19; Case Series from a Large Healthcare System.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2022Article
- Outcome of percutaneous drainage for septic complications coexisted with COVID-19.World journal of radiology · 2022Article
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- Case report: chronic acalculous cholecystitis preceded by Coxsackievirus B4 infection.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
- Surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis in patients with confirmed COVID-19: Ten case reports and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A Series of COVID-19 Cases With Findings in the Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary System.Cureus · 2022Article
- Acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection: A case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Review of COVID-19, part 1: Abdominal manifestations in adults and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.Clinical imaging · 2021Review
- Risk factors for necrotic cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic: the ChoCO-WSES prospective collaborative study's experience.Turkish journal of surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionNovel Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 has rapidly spread throughout the world and has become an unprecedented pandemic. It has a vast spectrum of clinical presentations and can affect various organs. Rarely, it has been reported to cause acalculous cholecystitis in a non ICU setting patient. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a rare association of COVID 19 with acalculous cholecystitis in a 40 years old healthy woman. She developed fever, malaise, generalized body weakness, and right hypochondrial pain after fourteen days of COVID 19 infection, raising the possibility of Post COVID dysregulated immune response resulting in acalculous cholecystitis. She was managed conservatively with broad spectrum antibiotics. DISCUSSION: Acalculous cholecystitis primarily occurs due to the gall bladder's hypomotility and most commonly seen in critically ill patients such as severe burns, mechanically ventilated patients, and prolonged parenteral nutrition. The management depends upon treating the underlying pathology and, in some severe cases, may need surgical intervention as well. Up to our knowledge, COVID 19, causing acalculous cholecystitis, is a rare association described only in a few critically ill patients but not in young, healthy patients. It can be attributed to the body's dysregulated immunological response against the virus resulting in systemic inflammation.
conclusionCurrently, there is are no clear guidelines for managing acute cholecystitis in COVID-19 patients. It depends on the patient's clinical state and disease severity. We aim to highlight the importance of early diagnosis and management in such clinical scenarios to avoid fatal complications.
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