Acute Cholecystitis After a Colonoscopy
Annals of Coloproctology
;
: 213-215, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-135297
ABSTRACT
Acute cholecystitis after a colonoscopy is a rare event, and only eight documented cases are reported in the literature. A 35-year-old male underwent a screening colonoscopy. There was a 5-mm sessile polyp in the sigmoid colon, which was removed by using a hot snare polypectomy. Forty-eight hours after the colonoscopy, the patient visited our emergency department with epigastric pain and fever. Based on the clinical findings, laboratory data and radiologic imaging, our diagnosis was acute cholecystitis. Because no previous cases of this type have been reported to date in Korea, we publish the details of our patients who presented with a postcolonoscopy complication diagnosed as acute cholecystitis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polyps
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Colon, Sigmoid
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Mass Screening
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Colonoscopy
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Cholecystitis, Acute
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Emergencies
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SNARE Proteins
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Fever
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Korea
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Coloproctology
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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