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Acalculous Cholecystitis

Known as: Gallbladder Inflammation, Acalculous, cholecystitis acalculous, Acalculous Gallbladder Inflammation 
Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER wall in the absence of GALLSTONES.
National Institutes of Health

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1950-2017
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Biliary tract structureGallbladderGastrointestinal systemHepatobiliary System
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Cholecystitis

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1936-2018
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Acalculous Cholecystitis
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Inflammation
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Biliary tract structure

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2004
2004
Acute acalculous cholecystitis in critically ill patients.
BACKGROUND Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is a serious complication of critical illness. We evaluated the underlying… (More)
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2003
2003
Clinical features of acute acalculous cholecystitis.
BACKGROUND Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) tends to have a fulminant course and be associated with critically ill diseases… (More)
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2001
2001
The clinical diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis.
BACKGROUND Chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC), a diagnosis of exclusion, appears to be more common than was previously… (More)
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1997
1997
Microangiopathy in acute acalculous cholecystitis.
BACKGROUND Acute acalculous cholecystitis is a well recognized complication of many acute illnesses. Ischaemia of the gallbladder… (More)
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1994
1994
Acute acalculous cholecystitis in the critically ill.
Acute acalculous cholecystitis, inflammation of the gall-bladder without evidence of calculi, accounts for 2 to 15% of all cases… (More)
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1992
1992
Small vessel occlusion in acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Ischemia is one mechanism implicated in the pathogenesis of acute acalculous cholecystitis. Gallbladder specimen arteriography… (More)
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1986
1986
Gallbladder dyskinesia in chronic acalculous cholecystitis
To test the hypothesis that there is an early stage of cholesterol gallstone formation in man characterized by symptoms of… (More)
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1986
1986
The diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis: a comparison of sonography, scintigraphy, and CT.
The clinical and laboratory diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis is difficult, and the reliability of various diagnostic… (More)
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1981
1981
Acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Acute acalculous cholecystitis after trauma or non-related surgery is a rare and dangerous complication. The pathogenesis is… (More)
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1972
1972
Acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Sixty-three patients, 49 men and 14 women, developed acute cholecystitis without gallbladder stones. Only eight patients had a… (More)
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