Ischemic acute cholecystitis: a case report

Abstract

Acute cholecystitis is the sudden inflammation of the gallbladder. Symptoms include right upper abdominal
pain, nausea, vomiting, and occasionally fever. In most cases, it is caused by the blockage of the cystic duct
by a gallstone which causes bile stasis in the gallbladder and results in secondary bacterial infection. 
It occurs without evidence of gallstones or cystic duct obstruction in 2 to 15% of the cases [1]. This
condition is called acalculous acute cholecystitis (AAC). The etiology of AAC is multifactorial and likely
results from bile stasis or ischemia (or both) [1-3]. It is mostly diagnosed in critically ill patients, particularly 
those with cardiovascular diseases. 
In this article, we report a case of ischemic acute cholecystitis.