Acute granulomatous schistosomal cholecystitis

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2001 Aug;13(8):1001-3. doi: 10.1097/00042737-200108000-00025.

Abstract

Schistosomal cholecystitis is a rare entity with less than 10 cases described in the medical literature [1-3]. It is unclear whether schistosomal eggs deposited in the wall of the gallbladder trigger a clinically manifest acute cholecystitis, since most of the cases described were also found to have concomitant gallstones. Herein, we report a patient who developed acute schistosomal granulomatous acalculous cholecystitis. The clinical presentation, chronology of events and pathological findings strongly support the association between cholecystitis and schistosomal infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Cholecystitis / diagnosis*
  • Cholecystitis / etiology
  • Cholecystitis / pathology
  • Cholecystitis / surgery
  • Female
  • Gallbladder / pathology
  • Granuloma / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma / etiology
  • Granuloma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / diagnosis*
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / surgery