Acute abdominal disease associated with gallbladder torsion recovered after cholecystectomy: a rare case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gallbladder torsion is very rare and easily misdiagnosed as biliary disease. It is defined as the rotation of the gallbladder along the axis of the cystic pedicle on the mesentery. As gallbladder rotation involves the gallbladder artery, the blood supply is blocked, resulting in gallbladder ischemia and eventual necrosis. If misdiagnosis occurs and treatment is delayed, gallbladder torsion can develop into a lethal disease. The typical imaging features of gallbladder torsion in this case are a good learning resource for our young physicians, as well as providing a rare, unusual and typical case for our current literature database.

Case description

We present a rare case of gallbladder torsion in a 19-year-old man. The patient complained of sudden recurrent pain an

SUBMITTER: Wu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9201152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature