Acalculous Cholecystitis as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Narisorn Lakananurak1, Nitchakarn Laichuthai1, Sombat Treeprasertsuk1
1Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
ACG Case Reports Journal
|July 10, 2015
Abstract:
The involvement of the gallbladder in systemic lymphoma is extremely rare. We report a challenging case of systemic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that initially presented with septic shock from acalculous cholecystitis. After extensive investigation, DLBCL was found to be the underlying cause of gallbladder disease.
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