Open AccessIs the Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis an Inflammatory Marker?
Author(s) -
Aslı Tanrıvermiş Sayit,
Pinar Hediye Gunbey,
Yüksel Terzi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12028.6061
Subject(s) - medicine , mean platelet volume , gastroenterology , acute cholecystitis , platelet , cholecystitis , complete blood count , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , c reactive protein , gallbladder , surgery , inflammation
Acute cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder. Ultrasonography (US) is the initial and the most valuable method in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. Also, laboratory findings are used to support the diagnosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet (PLT) counts in patients with acute cholecystitis.