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ReviewActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2022

Acute acalculous cholecystitis as an early manifestation of COVID-19: case report and literature review.

Alessia D'Introno, Pietro Gatti, Giuseppe Manca, Alessandro D'Amuri, Salvatore Minniti, Emanuela Ciracì

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Review in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Alessia D'IntronoInternal Medicine Unit - Ostuni Hospital. ale_dintrono@libero.it.
Pietro GattiInternal Medicine Unit, "Perrino" General Hospital, Brindisi. pietro.gatti@asl.brindisi.it.
Giuseppe MancaGeneral Surgery Unit, "Perrino" General Hospital, Brindisi. giuseppe.manca@asl.brindisi.it.
Alessandro D'AmuriAnatomical Pathology Unit, "Perrino" General Hospital, Brindisi. alessandro.damuri@asl.brindisi.it.
Salvatore MinnitiInfectious Disease Unit, "Perrino" General Hospital. salvatore.minniti@asl.brindisi.it.
Emanuela CiracìInternal Medicine Unit, Ostuni Hospital.. emanuela.ciraci@asl.brindisi.it.
Ospedale A. Perrino · ITFaculdade Cásper Líbero · BRLegacy Emanuel Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide since the outbreak in Wuhan, China, in 2019, becoming a major threat to public health. The most common symptoms are fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, but subjects with COVID-19 may also manifest gastrointestinal symptoms, and in a few cases an involvement of the gallbladder has been observed. Case report: Here we present a case of 50-year-old male with SARS-CoV-2 infection who had abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea without respiratory symptoms and was finally diagnosed as acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC). Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed and found a gangrenous gallbladder; the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid assay of the bile was negative. We also made a review of the literature and try to understand the hypothetic role of SARS-CoV-2 in the pathogenesis of AAC. Conclusions: We highlighted that it is noteworthy to look at gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and take into account AAC as a possible complication of COVID-19. Although more evidence is needed to better elucidate the role of the pathogenic mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 in AAC, it is conceivable that the hepatobiliary system could be a potential target of SARS-CoV-2.

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Acalculous CholecystitisCholecystectomy, LaparoscopicCOVID-19HumansMaleMiddle AgedPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35765977
PMCPMC10510984
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