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Aibek E Mirrakhimov1, Gopika Chandra1, Prakruthi Voore1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Ill., USA.
Case Reports in Gastroenterology
|February 17, 2015
Abstract:
Emphysematous cholecystitis is an uncommon and dangerous complication of acute cholecystitis. Common risk factors for this disease include male gender, old age, presence of diabetes mellitus and cholelithiasis. The disease is best treated with emergent surgery and parenteral antibiotics. We present the case of an 85-year-old nursing home resident who presented to our institution with a 3-day history of gradually worsening abdominal discomfort.