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Case Reports
. 2005 Jun;25(2):141-2.
doi: 10.1179/146532805X45755.

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Abhijeet Saha  1 , Prerna Batra, K Y Vilhekar, Pushpa Chaturvedi
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Case Reports

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Abhijeet Saha et al. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

We report a 7-year-old girl who presented with features of acute acalculous cholecystitis. She was found to be positive for Plasmodium falciparum. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of acalculous cholecystitis caused by P. falciparum in a child.

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