Open AccessInfected Peri-Pancreatic Necrosis Causing Gallbladder Necrosis by Direct Extension
Author(s) -
Moshe Schein,
Ahmad Assalia,
Pavel Schmulevski,
Vladimir Meislin,
M Hashmonai
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
hpb surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1607-8462
pISSN - 0894-8569
DOI - 10.1155/1993/14751
Subject(s) - medicine , necrosis , necrotizing pancreatitis , acute pancreatitis , gallbladder , gallbladder disease , pancreatitis , cholecystitis , gastroenterology , general surgery
Acute acalculous cholecystitis may develop in patients suffering from necrotizing pancreatitis. Conversely, acute pancreatitis may complicate acute gallbladder disease. We present a case that lends support to the existence of another possibility: gallbladder necrosis caused by direct extension of the necrotizing pancreatitic process.
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