Acute acalculous cholecystitis following COVID-19 vaccination: a case report
The Pan African medical journal
; 41, 2022.
Article
in English
| EuropePMC | ID: covidwho-1940076
ABSTRACT
Acute acalculous cholecystitis is an acute inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of stones, usually occurring in elderly and critically ill patients with underlying conditions. A 29-year-old man presented to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain in the right hypochondrium with permanent fever three days after Janssen COVID-19 vaccine inoculation. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a thickened gallbladder wall without evidence of gallstone consistent of an acute acalculous cholecystitis. Blood analyses revealed thrombocytopenia, eosinophilia and liver dysfunction. The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test was negative. As treatment, the patient benefited of pain management, antibiotic and fluid. In the evolution, there was a regression of clinical signs with persistence of liver dysfunction. The patient was discharged ten days after hospitalization. The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine is likely to induce acute acalculous cholecystitis as adverse event following vaccination.
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EuropePMC
Type of study:
Case report
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
The Pan African medical journal
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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