ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2022
Acute acalculous cholecystitis following COVID-19 vaccination: a case report.
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- New-onset and relapsed liver diseases following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Pooled it
- Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Gastrointestinal Manifestations: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Acute abdomen following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review.Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2024Article
- Friend or foe-The Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccination: A case report of reversible acute acalculous cholecystitis.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Acute acalculous cholecystitis is an acute inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of stones, usually occurring in elderly and critically ill patients with underlying conditions. A 29-year-old man presented to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain in the right hypochondrium with permanent fever three days after Janssen COVID-19 vaccine inoculation. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a thickened gallbladder wall without evidence of gallstone consistent of an acute acalculous cholecystitis. Blood analyses revealed thrombocytopenia, eosinophilia and liver dysfunction. The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test was negative. As treatment, the patient benefited of pain management, antibiotic and fluid. In the evolution, there was a regression of clinical signs with persistence of liver dysfunction. The patient was discharged ten days after hospitalization. The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine is likely to induce acute acalculous cholecystitis as adverse event following vaccination.
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