Cholecystitis, or gallbladder inflammation, can sometimes cause jaundice if something blocks the flow of bile from the gallbladder. Cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder. There are ...

The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

Ischemic cholecystitis is a form of gallbladder inflammation that occurs without gallstones or another form of external compression. It is caused by poor perfusion to the gallbladder tissue. This new ...

The patient is a 13-year-old female with a 2-year history of dyspepsia and a recent clinical episode of acute cholecystitis confirmed on ultrasound; the ducts and alkaline phosphatase were normal. She ...

GANGRENE of the gall bladder is a complete necrosis of a portion of the wall in one or more areas, and is frequently followed by perforation. Since 1844, when James Duncan, 1 of the Royal Infirmary in ...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tumor microenvironment (TME) analysis to identify potential biomarkers for ICIs with or without bevacizumab in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This is an ASCO ...

Among patients with acute cholecystitis who were managed non-operatively, 38.3% experienced new complications. Delayed cholecystectomy was recommended for younger patients with prior complications. Of ...