Open AccessEmphysematous cholecystitis during the treatment of heat stroke
Author(s) -
Yoshiyama Naomasa,
Okada Hideshi,
Miyake Takahito,
Kitagawa Yuichiro,
Fukuta Tetsuya,
Yasuda Ryu,
Matsuo Mikiko,
Hatano Yuichiro,
Tomita Hiroyuki,
Yoshida Shozo,
Ogura Shinji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acute medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-8817
DOI - 10.1002/ams2.613
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , cholecystitis , septic shock , anesthesia , cholecystectomy , shock (circulatory) , surgery , gallbladder , sepsis , mechanical engineering , engineering
We report a case of an elderly woman with no history of diabetes mellitus who experienced emphysematous cholecystitis after the successful treatment of a heat stroke. Emergency cholecystectomy was performed on day 2.