Gangrenous cholecystitis: A silent but potential fatal disease in patients with diabetic neuropathy. A case report  

作　　者：Melorin Mehrzad Charles C Jehle Lauren O Roussel Raman Mehrzad 

机构地区：[1]Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》2018年第15期1007-1011,共5页世界临床病例杂志

摘　　要：Gangrenous cholecystitis(GC) is a severe and potentially deadly complication of acute cholecystitis. We present a 83-year-old gentleman with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus with significant associated neuropathy, presenting to a community hospital in a major metropolitan area with 10 days nausea and vomiting and a benign abdominal exam. While the patient was admitted for hyperglycemia, he was subsequently found to have severe GC requiring urgent surgical intervention.Gangrenous cholecystitis(GC) is a severe and potentially deadly complication of acute cholecystitis. We present a 83-year-old gentleman with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus with significant associated neuropathy, presenting to a community hospital in a major metropolitan area with 10 days nausea and vomiting and a benign abdominal exam. While the patient was admitted for hyperglycemia, he was subsequently found to have severe GC requiring urgent surgical intervention.

关 键 词：GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS Diabetes MELLITUS HYPERGLYCEMIA Complications Case report 

分 类 号：R[医药卫生]