Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a pediatric dengue hemorrhagic fever patient: A case report, lesson learned from limited resource setting.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dengue fever (DF) is endemic in numerous regions of Indonesia with primary clinical features such as high fever as well as pullout of intravascular fluid and albumin leakage, which provokes pleural effusion, hypoproteinemia, and blood hemoconcentration. However, the incidence of abdominal pain as a clinical manifestation of DF, which refers to acalculous cholecystitis, is rare.

Case presentation

An 11-year-old female was admitted to the to hospital with fever, headache, and myalgia. Blood examination resulted in low platelet coua nt and positive IgM Dengue antibody test. On the third day, the patient felt sharp abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound showed cholecystitis, cholestasis, pleural effusion, ascites, and laboratory finding showed increased C-reactive pro

SUBMITTER: Setyawati AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature