Post COVID 19 acute acalculous cholecystitis raising the possibility of underlying dysregulated immune response, a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 has rapidly spread throughout the world and has become an unprecedented pandemic. It has a vast spectrum of clinical presentations and can affect various organs. Rarely, it has been reported to cause acalculous cholecystitis in a non ICU setting patient.

Case presentation

Here we report a rare association of COVID 19 with acalculous cholecystitis in a 40 years old healthy woman. She developed fever, malaise, generalized body weakness, and right hypochondrial pain after fourteen days of COVID 19 infection, raising the possibility of Post COVID dysregulated immune response resulting in acalculous cholecystitis. She was managed conservatively with broad spectrum antibiotics.

Discussion

Acalculous cholecystitis prima

SUBMITTER: Alhassan SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664478 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature