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A 3 cm sealed pyloric perforation discovered during emergency cholecystectomy

Author(s) -

Eileen Turner,

Edmund Owen,

K. Reddy

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1534

Subject(s) - medicine , acute cholecystitis , perforation , cholecystectomy , cholecystitis , general surgery , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , laparoscopy , radiological weapon , surgery , gallbladder , materials science , punching , metallurgy

The diagnosis of acute cholecystitis is made on clinical, haematological, biochemical and radiological grounds, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy is commonly performed in the emergency setting. We report a case in which a patient diagnosed with acute cholecystitis was found to have a sealed pyloric perforation at laparoscopy as well as cholecystitis.

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