cholecystitis
Sign in to saveCholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. Symptoms include right upper abdominal pain, pain in the right shoulder, nausea, vomiting, and occasionally fever. Often gallbladder attacks (biliary colic) precede acute cholecystitis. The pain lasts longer in cholecystitis than in a typical gallbladder attack. Without appropriate treatment, recurrent episodes of cholecystitis are common. Complications of acute cholecystitis include gallstone pancreatitis, common bile duct stones, or inflammation of the common bile duct.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Cholecystitis
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- Acute cholecystitis as seen on CT. Note the fat stranding around the enlarged gallbladder.
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- General surgery, gastroenterology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Intense right upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever
- Medical condition (new).duration
- Short term or long term
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Gallstones, severe illness
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Birth control pills, pregnancy, family history, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, rapid weight loss
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Abdominal ultrasound
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- Hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, pancreatitis, pneumonia, angina
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Gallbladder removal surgery, gallbladder drainage
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- Generally good with treatment
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Complications
- Gangrene and gallbladder rupture
- Empyema
- Fistula formation and gallstone ileus
- Causes
- Acute calculous cholecystitis
- Acalculous cholecystitis
- Chronic cholecystitis
- Mechanism
- Diagnosis
- Blood tests
- Imaging
- Histopathology
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment
- Surgery
- Other
- Epidemiology
- References
- External links
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. Symptoms include right upper abdominal pain, pain in the right shoulder, nausea, vomiting, and occasionally fever. Often gallbladder attacks (biliary colic) precede acute cholecystitis. The pain lasts longer in cholecystitis than in a typical gallbladder attack. Without appropriate treatment, recurrent episodes of cholecystitis are common. Complications of acute cholecystitis include gallstone pancreatitis, common bile duct stones, or inflammation of the common bile duct.
More than 90% of the time acute cholecystitis is caused from blockage of the cystic duct by a gallstone. Risk factors for gallstones include birth control pills, pregnancy, a family history of gallstones, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, or rapid weight loss. Occasionally, acute cholecystitis occurs as a result of vasculitis or chemotherapy, or during recovery from major trauma or burns. Cholecystitis is suspected based on symptoms and laboratory testing. Abdominal ultrasound is then typically used to confirm the diagnosis.