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Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis
J R Cermaño1, A J Caraballo, J Gonzalez
1Departamento de Parasitología y Microbiología, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Oriente, P.O. Box 222, Ciudad Bolívar 8001, Venezuela. spenna@cantv.net
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|January 31, 2002
Abstract:
Acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) is unusual. We present a case of cholecystitis associated with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in a man in Venezuela who presented high fever, anorexia and abdominal pain. Histopathological study of the gallbladder showed Leishmania spp. ACC in VL must be kept in mind in tropical countries.