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Case Reports
. 1996 Apr;91(4):805-7.

Acute cholecystitis and cholangitis caused by Echinococcus granulosus

S Abou-Khalil, B M Smith, J D MacLean, D Poenaru, G M Fried, P Bret, A N Barkun
  • PMID: 8677959
Case Reports

Acute cholecystitis and cholangitis caused by Echinococcus granulosus

S Abou-Khalil et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Apr.

Abstract

We report for the first time in the recent North American literature, the case of a patient with rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst into the gallbladder, with subsequent obstruction of the cystic duct by a daughter cyst acting as a ball-valve and causing acute acalculous cholecystitis.

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